I had times when in my head, I would glorify self harm and I didn't understand at all why I shouldn't do it. I found nothing prettier than fresh cuts or bloody tissues and I could look at it for hours. But even in these times I never would have told other people that self harming is good or that they should do it as well
Yes absolutely 💯 It appears to be common that we glorify it unto ourselves when we are at our lowest, but at least the majority of us wouldn’t “recommend to a friend”, so to speak🔥
I feel like, in the more recent years it's been harder to find SH related posts. In fact, I had a page dedicated to it on Pinterest. It was just self help ideas/depression posts things like that. They emailed me and said that I had to remove the photos from my page because they were promoting SH. Pinterest, at least, is doing a good job of keeping the feed clean. You can't even search it anymore on their site.
I really appreciate this video, I feel like this isn't talked about enough. I know that seeing SH posted online was bad for my mental health, but it's hard for me not to blame myself for how that content affected me. Thanks for talking about this❤
In the past, I had this “friend” who would glorify it. She’d move away a lot (military family) and I noticed that she’d hop from friend group to friend group every time she moved back into town. And that when she befriended some new girls, all of the sudden they’d start c*tting themselves. She reached my little sister’s friends and encourage them all to c*t. Thank god my little sister never harmed herself (as far as I know) but that “friend” really pressured her to do it. Even said that if my sister was really su*c*dal, she’d c*t herself to prove it. 🙄
To protect others that are suffering from selfharm is a good point. To keep each other safe. And the „it’s not doing anyone good“. I’ve had phases when I was searching on social media for SH-pictures to trigger myself, and I feel ashamed I did, and there’s is still so much SH-romanticizing out there. I know how bad and dangerous SH can get. How it can ruin and take so much. And.. yeah… Let’s keep each other safe. I like that thought.
I appreciate your honesty when it comes down to triggering yourself. I’ve done it in the past too. From the feedback I get it seems the majority have also done that. I did a video on that topic some time ago, at first I was surprised so many people have in their time
I hear in your voice that this is a VERY difficult & hurtful topic for you. You're doing the right thing by being both empathetic & giving a voice by proxy for those who are suffering. I consider myself an edgy person but I DRAW THE LINE when it comes to self-harm. It's not cool, brave, edgy, or attention seeking. It's a cry for help, no matter who, or what does it. I always advise people to seek therapy/support ASAP & these people are trained to listen & deal with things that I can't even begin to imagine & will put the scariest horror movie to shame. If any victims are reading this: YOU ARE NOT ALONE & HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
great video! unfortunately SH is still a glorified, even beautiful thing in my head, even though I never want anyone else to see my scars... the only thing that is keeping me "in Control" nowadays is funny enough not wanting to have scars so I don't have to hide from people... PS: RU-vid deleted all my previous comments just cause I changed the email address of my account! I was the one who commented about the ChatGPT video idea... anyway just wanted to say it wasn't on purpose in any way (i guess it goes to show what an anxious person I am lol)
Last year I discovered shtwt and shblr and I browse them when I want to self harm (or even when I’m just bored). I probably don’t even have to say that they are very toxic spaces online and only serve to make people worse. There are people there who are pro recovery and who will not share self harm tips, but they’re in the minority. I wish they didn’t exist, but at the same time, I look at them from time to time. I don’t know if they hurt me or help me, either. I go on there and want to self harm bc I miss doing it. But, I go on there and see the worst pictures and videos and it makes me not want to self harm in case I lose control.
It’s quite the paradox. Looking can take the edge off the urges but relying on that is weaving itself into your subconscious where it’s likely to get stuck for some time. It’s worrying how long this is being going on for now. I’ve not used twit or tumb properly so I guess I’ve dodged a bullet there. Thank you for sharing your experience 🔥
It’s weird, I have this huge double standard in regards to sh. When it comes to everyone else, I’m obviously very against it. I care a lot about people and I don’t want anyone to hurt themselves, nobody deserves that, and I care a lot that the people I love are taking care of themselves. But then when it comes to me I’m the complete opposite. I genuinely don’t see what’s wrong in me doing it. Like why can’t I be relatively healthy and keep doing it, like it could just be my bad habit or guilty pleasure. For anyone else I’d say that that’s not how it works and they need help but for me nope. Logically I see theres a huge fallacy in that thinking but it makes sense to me somehow. I guess that’s mental illness for you lol. Something that does make me think, is that I love my friends so so much, and I get so sad when they tell me that they’re not taking care of themselves or even that they’ve hurt themselves. I obviously see their pain as legitimate and it just makes me so sad. And I think about if I had a friend who was where I am now, like how sad that’d make me, and how concerned I’d be. And I know that my friends love me, and it makes me rly sad knowing that’s probably how they feel.
It’s a tough one. Realistically (an in ideal world) everyone should be able to reach out to at least one person who can support them. Using our words to communicate will always be the safest way, however, there might be some small exceptions, just like you described. It’s hard for me to say without totally reviewing a person’s circumstances.
@@YouthPotential in an ideal world yes, but not everyone does, so perhaps going this route possibly 1 person could reach out... it was just a thought i had. Maybe thats how someone gets noticed and helped.
