[Eyeliner]

People who are uneducated about self-harm, or who just don't understand, quite often expect you to live up to the stereotype they hold about what sort of person would be a self-harmer. I remember when I was at school and most peoples' belief was that only people who dressed a certain way would self-harm. I think they  used to refer to these types of people as 'emos'. A label which defined such individuals' dress sense and state of mind. 

Even now people still make jokey comments like 'Oh, why don't I just go and slit my wrists now?!' when they are feeling upset. I used to find these comments really hard to hear, and it does still upset me that people know so little about self-harm but yet can be so judgemental. I have grown to accept that some people simply will never understand what makes people self-harm, and who self-harms and that we don't all fit this ridiculous stereotype. 

Self- harm is something that can affect males and females of all ages from all different backgrounds.