SelfHarmAwarenessDay

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Today is self-harm awareness day. One can indicate support by wearing a red and black ribbon (similar to the AIDS awareness ribbon, but with a black stripe down one side and a red stripe down the other).

I found a page with more information on self-harm pertinent to the UK, for those interested, here:

http://www.selfinjury.freeserve.co.uk/resind.html

Here is a page within this website for family and friends of those who self-harm, which attempts to refute various myths on the topic. This particular page does not contain pictures, which I think in some instances can lead to self-harm:

http://www.selfharmalliance.org/

It scares me that even a small number of people I know are people who have intentionally harmed themselves. (There is an argument to suggest that people who smoke and drink are in some sense self-harmers too. I think I want to differentiate between types of self-harm. Smoking Awareness Day/Week? is something different from Self Harm Awareness Day.)

I think fear is best assuaged by being educated and informed, which is why I've posted this here.

--AR

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