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.

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Mental health stigma on internet forums

July 11, 2013

Warning, some readers may find this post triggering.

I have been gathering research for the past week or so on what people actually think about depression as an illness. I was shocked, upset and almost angry at what I saw amongst some social networking sites and forums.

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