Blogs and stories about self harm

These blogs are written by people who have personal experience of self-harming. By writing about the issue they aim to help breakdown the stereotypes and stigmatising ideas that can be associated with self harm.

If you are self-harming you should talk to you GP for help or call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90. You can find more information about what self harm is from Rethink Mental Illness, Mind and the NHS.

Talking to a mental health advocate inspired me

Submitted by -Victoria- on Thu, 07/03/2013 - 3:03pm

Victoria, a Time to Change blogger So I'm 23, I like cats, drawing cats in clothes, pretending I'm a tea connoisseur and crochet. Yes I might seem like an eccentric granny in training but to the untrained eye I'm just your average quirky Drama School graduate with a seemingly pointless BA taking my career wherever the employment is. I have a good job, a lovely group of friends and I share a beautiful riverside apartment with some people from work.

Depression and self harm: my school counsellor listened and that helped

Submitted by -Jennifer- on Fri, 01/03/2013 - 11:41am

Hope I first decided it was time to talk to someone about the way I felt just after I turned 16. I’d had depression and had been self-harming since I was 14 and it was getting worse and worse.

So I turned to a pastoral support teacher at school. I had spoken to her before so knew that she was lovely. However, once I was sat down with her I found myself completely unable to talk to her.

The first time I said "I self harm"

Submitted by Suzi_ on Thu, 10/01/2013 - 4:11pm

Suzie blogs about her experiences of self-harm for Time to Change Warning, some readers may find this post triggering.

Hi, my name is Suzi and I am a self harmer but I am 7 and a half years cut free. That’s how I think of self harming. I don’t self harm now but I am always in recovery, just like being in AA.

Guidance for blogging about self-harm, suicide, and eating disorders

Submitted by Time to Change on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 6:24pm

Time to Change encourages people with lived experience of mental health problems to write openly and honestly about their story. We want everyone to feel that they can discuss their experience of stigma and discrimination on all sorts of issues, including self harm, suicide, and eating disorders.

We have just a few guidelines to help keep the content safe and non-triggering for readers.