Have you ever felt so sad, so alone, in so much pain, and so out of control that you just wanted something to take it all away? Even if it isn’t the safest, healthiest or even really a way to go? Have you ever used self-harmed to cope with your life? If you said yes to any of those questions I urge you to read this article it just might help you.
First of all self-harm is never the answer whether it’s cutting, burning, drug use, not eating, etc. It might seem like it’s helping at the moment but soon it will hurt you as much as the thing you were trying to forget about. Soon you will have an unhealthy addiction along with your other problems in life.
There are better ways to cope with things and healthier alternatives so you can recover from self harm.
The Butterfly Project is one amazing project. My friend introduced me to this one.
The Rules:
1.) Draw a Butterfly in the places where you want to self-harm.
2.) Name the butterfly after someone who is lose to you or just a name you like.
3.) You cannot under any circumstances cut, or the butterfly will die.
4.) If you have more than one butterfly and you cut, you kill all the butterflies.
5.) You have to wait for the butterfly to fade away – no washing it off.
6.) Repeat and Stay Strong.
The next one I found one day while meandering through Pinterest. It’s called the Semicolon Project. Though it has a specific date (its dedicated to April 16th), you can do it all year round. In stories, authors use a semicolon in a place where they could’ve ended the story but didn’t. When you draw a semicolon on yourself, it shows when you could have ended your life, your story but did not.
Some of the people reading must be thinking this wouldn’t work at all but this person probably doesn’t know what it’s like but I do. I understand it firsthand. If you are hurting, I understand. I understand that you are feeling so badly about yourself and you’ve been hurt so many times. I got bullied relentlessly and never had a real friend. It was so bad that I turned to self-harm. It was a huge mistake because it only helped for a little while and then the regret and the scars, mental and physical, come with it. I actually do these projects, which help tremendously when I feel the need to relapse.
So what I am trying to say is they are other ways to overcome your problems and avoid self-harm. Plus if you ever need to talk to someone, the teachers would love to help you; I would love to help you. Stay Strong and Keep Enduring.