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.

Take 5 To Blog - Support from Friends

February 2, 2015

As part of Time to Talk Day 2015 we asked Time to Change Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Champions and Bloggers to #Take5ToBlog. 24 of those blogs will be released over 24 hours on 5 February, in addition to 'collective quotation blogs' - Support from Family and Support from Other Places and People, using a new Take 5 To Blog category. 

Mental health stigma means people often cope in silence

November 28, 2014

I have had mental health problems for a large percentage of my life, beginning when I was in my early teens.Vikki's Blog It wasn’t until recently that I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety and dissociative disorder.

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