What is SH or SI?
Self-injury (SI) or self-harm (SH) is deliberate injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent.
It is estimated that nearly two million people in the United States harm themselves in some way. The majority is teenagers. A majority of the teenagers are young women opposed to young men. Self-injurers can be of any race or background.
- Virtual Teen
(For more information on self-harm, look here.)
It is estimated that nearly two million people in the United States harm themselves in some way. The majority is teenagers. A majority of the teenagers are young women opposed to young men. Self-injurers can be of any race or background.
- Virtual Teen
(For more information on self-harm, look here.)
What is the Snowflake Relief Project?
January 18th, 2011
While I was sitting in class this afternoon, I became overwhelmed with the amount of work I could not focus on and I was having panic attacks. My scissors were in my pocket. I knew I had to get through my second day without self-harm but I just wanted to cut. I wanted to make myself feel better but I had promised friends I wouldn’t. I went for a walk to my locker and back to get a text book, somehow holding out until I got back to class. I regretted it. I wanted to cut more than ever but I was sitting in a group with two friends. I kept scratching my scissors against my thumb.
I then remembered something a friend told me: when I wanted to cut, cut up paper instead. I took out a blank sheet and my scissors. I did not really see much in just shredding the sheet so I folded it and cut a little design into it. I made my first paper snowflake. I then knew that this was going to be my way of recovery.
I want to share this idea with others in hope it will offer motivation and hope for recovery like it has for me. What started out as a fifteen-year-old’s silly idea may actually be a good way to stop self-harming. Try it out to see for yourself. Set your own goals as well as using mine, if you’d like. Challenge others and have fun.
- Limmenel.
While I was sitting in class this afternoon, I became overwhelmed with the amount of work I could not focus on and I was having panic attacks. My scissors were in my pocket. I knew I had to get through my second day without self-harm but I just wanted to cut. I wanted to make myself feel better but I had promised friends I wouldn’t. I went for a walk to my locker and back to get a text book, somehow holding out until I got back to class. I regretted it. I wanted to cut more than ever but I was sitting in a group with two friends. I kept scratching my scissors against my thumb.
I then remembered something a friend told me: when I wanted to cut, cut up paper instead. I took out a blank sheet and my scissors. I did not really see much in just shredding the sheet so I folded it and cut a little design into it. I made my first paper snowflake. I then knew that this was going to be my way of recovery.
I want to share this idea with others in hope it will offer motivation and hope for recovery like it has for me. What started out as a fifteen-year-old’s silly idea may actually be a good way to stop self-harming. Try it out to see for yourself. Set your own goals as well as using mine, if you’d like. Challenge others and have fun.
- Limmenel.