BREAST-FEEDING AS A SURVIVOR
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 [...]
Disclosing Self-Injury
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 [...]
What actually is considered self-injury?
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 [...]
Learning to Live Without Self-Harm
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
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 [...]
Why child abuse can NEVER be your fault
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 [...]
…But why didn’t I tell?
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 [...]