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Well I don't normally find pictures like that triggering, and indeed I didn't actually today, but there was no way I could have avoided looking at it when I had customers thrusting it on my till all day. It wasn't exactly a small, easy to miss picture! I agree in general that if you find things like that triggering then you shouldn't look, but that isn't always possible!
totally agree.
life is triggering. you learn to deal with it, or you implode.
i posted the fucking thing. it is the first reply you had to this stupid thread :mad:
edited to say sorry for it being harsh but the link is in this thread
Sorry, i am talking about the one from the daily mail, the one u posted was the indepenenant,
I mean they can't show graphic pix on the radio so they can't be attacked for that. As a non self harmer I see it as good as maybe some parents or friends may see the report and think hmm. Probably not but hey?!
i think it's quite hard for people to understand the reasons why people self harm if it's not to kill themselves, like to some people it may not seem logical or whatnot
hellfire, you keep changing your arguement about what you find wrong with this...
What i mean is how did they work it out to being 100x more likely surely they have guessed that figure?
The suicidal are ususally severely depressed.
It doesn't take a genius to work it out:)
frankly this news coverage pissed me off. at least the ones i've been watching have. to suggest that one group of mentally ill people should be fast tracked through the system, while other groups still have to deal with the waiting lists and second rate care is shocking.
i'm not deny that people who self harm need help, of couse they do. but so does everyone else.
sometimes i get the feeling that there are a few 'in' mental health conditions (self harm/depression/eating disorders/addictions), and while they get all the press attention, everyone else sits in a corner and is forgotten.
i agree completely but i think that the point is that people who self harm havent been actually getting the treatment as they dont see it as a "real" illness unlike alot of other mental illnesses. they are just trying to get it recognised as a problem so that the treatment can be improved.
i do see your point though and i understand why people think like that.
i get this impression too and it disturbs me actually.
Personally I don't think SH is that serious, certainly not as serious as many personality disorders that are just forgotten about, but because it looks drastic it gets the pres coverage.
It's better than the mocking that used to surround it, but the balance is still totally wrong.