Thursday, 18 February 2016

16:23

By Nightshade Moon



The fact that Onision's fanbase is predominantly young, impressionable girls legitimately scares me. His views on mental illness are unhelpful, damaging and close to aggressive. Telling young people who are possibly dealing with self harm/self injury, other destructive behaviours and depression to take themselves to a mental institution is beyond ridiculous. That's incredibly ableist and insensitive.  As featured on @onisiondrama, Onision believes that Women who have difficulty coping with the long term effects of sexual abuse/assault...

Thursday, 11 February 2016

01:02

By Nightshade Moon



The Butterfly Project

The Butterfly Project has been created for self-harmers who feel they are ready to stop and need the motivation or support to do so. A member’s hypnotherapist, who found this idea on an online blog and felt that it was a good idea that should be promoted as a distraction, has recommended it.The idea is simple. The self-harmer simply draws a butterfly on their place(s) of self-harm and, if the butterfly fades without them self-harming, it means it has lived and flown away, giving them a sense of achievement. Whereas if they do self-harm with the...
00:59

By Nightshade Moon



Distractions from self harm!

1.Sleep2.read3.dance4.sing5.write6.talk to pets7.dance with pets8.play with pets9.poke pets10.buy a pet11.talk to plants12. dance with plants13.watch other people and make up life stories for them14.sing into your hairbrush15.experiment with makeup (even the guys)16.do a fashion show for yourself or someone else17.stay around other people18.surf the net19.look for stupid pictures on Google20.go onto bored.com21.make a cd22.listen to music23.make a video24.draw25.sit in front of the mirror and pull faces26.change hair style/colour27.draw over pretty...
00:57

By Nightshade Moon



Beating the urges (as published by RecoverYourLife)

What is an Urge?Whether you suffer from depression, self harm, an eating disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder or anything similar, the word “urge” is often used to describe the over powering feelings to hurt yourself, others or to do something against your will. They can often be very difficult to control and may causes extreme discomfort to the person suffering from them. More often than not, they can consume the sufferer so they fail to see or think about anything other than the urge itself. Each person acts and thinks differently when experiencing...