When your friends find out you Self Injure...

What do you do when your friends or family find out that you cut or burn yourself? How can you defend yourself? What if your friends just WON'T understand?

We need to change the way society views Self-Injury. We need to EDUCATE people and raise AWARENESS... But where should we begin?

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[mynameisangela14]

your audio kinda sucks...

[xsullengirlx]

@mynameisangela14 Yes... well I recorded this video 4 years ago, and have since gotten a better webcam. But at the time it was all I had and all I could afford :) I am sure everyone could still hear though for the most part.

[FreddyKreugeuhRxp]

Awareness might trigger more people to selfharm, this is the hard part xs

[xsullengirlx]

@FreddyKreugeuhRxp Not if you are telling people how much self injury messes up your entire life. Some people glamorize it, sure. But I don't, and I don't think it's right to do that. People have an opinion on self harm weather or not I talk about it, but the important part is people being informed and not being idiots about it. Btw, I will email you back,.

[IisxXPurpleNinjaXx]

For me, a line from Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls fits perfectly:

"You bleed just to know you're alive."

I only found it yesterday and it pretty much describes my self injury for me. Other times, yeah, I am just depressed and something bad's happened, but still. I agree with you totally.

And @Firefox7777777 - that's exactly the kind of comment that makes injurers feel even more hopeless and pathetic. Thanks.

[moonflowersglory]

I would be LIVID if someone said that to me, me and many many other self injurers have huge respect for life. People have no idea how insensitive or ignorant they can be about this, they always handle it the wrong way, you know like those friends who will almost scream it over and over again in public and threaten to tell everyone. :( my dear you explain everything so well and so perfectly, you're right in every way and I hope more people will listen to you

[TarenTV]

They were drinking and telling HIM to go to church?

[NXeo1]

Well noone really cares if I cut or not I'm like "shadow"

[missashleexo]

I just want to give you a massive hug!!

[tiziouzou2000]

you are so beautiful woww

[0Killjoy]

P.s you are really beautiful xp

[0Killjoy]

I'm a self ingerer and I feel exactly the same way ... no one listens the just judge!

[takerumayu]

i would probably have punched that ignorant and his friend in the face!! i fucking hate people like that!!