Why I Don’t Want You to Self-Harm

Content warning: self-harm

Much of the work I do involves helping teens and adults stop self-harming, and there are many reasons I am emphatically against the practice. I'll also try to be self-aware for a second and recognize that saying “self harming is bad” isn't exactly a daring position to take on my part. It seems pretty obvious why this practice is damaging, and there are some effects that maybe you hadn't thought about yet.