In recent years, the introduction of the World Health Organization’s and UNICEF’s sponsored Baby Friendly Initiative (UK) and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative [...]
For the vast majority of people, talking about self-injury for the first time is a very scary prospect. I’m sure, like me, you have all imagined the worst case scenario of what could happen if we [...]
Many people question whether certain behaviour is considered self-harm. Self injury (SI) (also called Self-harm, self-inflicted violence, self-injurous behavior, self-mutilation) is a very broad [...]
Most survivors who self-harm, at some point, ask the question “How do I learn to not SI?”. This discussion attempts make some suggestions that may assist you when moving away from [...]
Understanding why you self-harm can play a big role in learning how to deal without self-harm in your life. After all, knowledge is power, and power gives us control to make the choices that are [...]
As survivors of childhood sexual abuse, we often grow up blaming ourselves for the abuse that we suffered at the hands of others. I know I never even questioned that it wasn’t my fault. I [...]
Many of us, in response to being told that being abused as children was not our fault, respond with the line, “…But I never told anybody?”. We berate ourselves for not being able to [...]