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.

The BPD diagnosis does not stop me being human

November 4, 2013

AimeeA while ago, a doctor in A&E told a very good friend of mine that her injury was 'a classic Borderline self-harm cut.' Later, a different doctor told my friend that her injury should never have been referred to like that and apologised profusely for the other Doctors words.

Who can I talk to about my mental health?

October 30, 2013

I have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Schizotypal Personality Disorder (StPD), Depression and Agoraphobia, so a bit of a list there. It’s a struggle knowing where one conditions begins and another ends. I don’t feel like I have a “normal” day and if I have, at any point, a “normal moment” I try and hold on to it for dear life but everything changes so quickly.

The stigma around self-harm

October 1, 2013

RachelWarning, some readers may find this post triggering.

When I was thirteen I went into a McDonald’s whilst waiting for a train. It was quiet, and the girl behind the counter came over with a big smile on her face, her peroxide hair swinging from a pony tail tucked through the back of her cap. As she reached me, she called out, ‘What can I get you?’

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