Let me say this: I feel like a hypocrite writing this. I slipped up, recently, and broke my record of being self injury free. I cannot sit here and write to you that there is an easy way to recover from self harm, that there is a way to banish it forever. I can, though, […]
G2SI: Self Injury: Christian Views
September 11, 2012 by 4 Comments
Christians, like any group in society, can hold various views on self injury. These can include that it is a sign of mental illness, that it is attention-seeking, and so on, just like non-Christians. There are, however, a few specific ways Christians understand self injury, and a few questions that Christian self injurers may have […]
G2SI: Why Do People Self Injure?
September 10, 2012 by 4 Comments
Reading through the books I own on self injury I can see that there are many reasons given as to why we hurt ourselves. One thing that is consistent is that self injury is thoroughly entangled with our emotions. Many self injurers suppress emotion and perhaps come from backgrounds where emotion is not to be […]
G2SI: My Story
September 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I had a mostly happy childhood, where nothing especially bad ever happened to me. I didn’t show any particular signs of mental illness as a child, and the only blot on the landscape of my life was a terrible shyness which hit me at puberty. The first time I self harmed was when I was […]
G2SI: General Self Injury Books
September 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I have here only included books I actually own. There are many books on self injury, and I will add more as and when. Links on the book title take you to Amazon UK where, if you buy the book, I will receive a small sum. “The Language of Injury: Comprehending Self-Mutilation” Gloria Babiker & […]
G2SI: General Links
September 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
I have tried to include mostly information sites here, rather than personal homepages, poetry etc. Please be aware that I do not necessarily agree with everything on these websites. Please also be aware that they may contain triggering material. Self Harm: The short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and […]
G2SI: Christian Links
September 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
I have found it hard to find specifically Christian websites or articles about self injury. However I have found a few resources for you. Please note that I do not necessarily endorse anything on these websites. Please be aware that websites may be triggering. The Lysamena Project on Self Injury: Christian site with information about […]
G2SI: What is Self Injury?
September 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Self injury (SI) is described as “an act which involves deliberately inflicting pain and/or injury to one’s own body, but without suicidal intent.” [1] Another definition, from the Christian psychologist Dr Kate Middleton states that self injury is: “acting to deliberately injure yourself physically in an attempt to cope with, express or reduce intense or […]
G2SI: Introduction
September 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
Self injury is a serious, and relatively common problem. Women and men, children, teenagers and adults self injure, and it can happen to anyone, from any race, background or culture. A study suggested that between 4.6% and 6.6% of the UK population had self injured although this may be an under-reporting as another study showed […]
Future Promises
August 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I have always been a bit wary of talking about the second coming, the end times, however you wish to describe it. This is for several reasons, one being that so many people end up with conspiracy theories, seeing the beast under every rock, that I end up thinking that we sound completely mad! I […]
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