[Nail varnish and biro]

Firstly, I hope that neither this image, or any other photographs on this blog are triggering to anybody. If they are, I can only apologise since the purpose of this blog is for me to support myself, and hopefully support others on their journey to recovery too. 

Some of the images that come up on google when you search self-harm are incredibly shocking, and I can absolutely see why those images might trigger people to cut themselves. I find the amount of pro self-harm websites there are on the internet deeply upsetting. Sites where people can ask for advice as to what implements to use to cut themselves!?

In my opinion, that simply adds to the misunderstanding of people who suffer from self-harm. Indeed, it is a coping mechanism, but it's not a healthy one and not one I believe should be advocated. 

I really hope that people continue to show interest in this blog so that some day soon, when people search self-harm on google a more positive array of images will feature much higher on the list. Images like the ones I have created for this blog that will hopefully show people that there are alternatives to self-harm.