Self Harm

This is a fragile subject, but not a subject too strange for the common teenagers of today's society. It's been said that we're in the most stressful times and at least 1 in 10 (estimate) of us will suffer from some kind of depression. Today as I was sitting in my lesson I turned to see a girls wrist, 3 vivid patches of cuts and then to the right a butterfly; this is a symbol I'm familiar with and is for a good cause. I first found it scrolling around my tumblr; my place to escape too! The butterfly is the symbol of self harm, to get peoples voices heard and to make sure people know they're not alone. But my question is, why do we self harm? Why do we hurt our beautiful bodies that we have been cherished with, we may not be someones idea of perfect but that doesn't matter, I truly believe each and everyone of us has a purpose which we should try and fulfill. So I did a bit of research..

2012 survey of young people showed that 86% of respondents said they had injured themselves, with over half saying they did it regularly.

It's sad how we let it build up, until it takes too much that we feel the need to take it out on ourselves and our body which we should be protecting not harming, leaving unforgettable scars. Here are just a few quotes

"Around friends and the public you may seem OK, but it's not like you want to go around looking depressed and feeling sorry for yourself," says JD, 17. "You feel different inside to how you show yourself on the outside and you do put on a bit of a front, so you can't just look at someone and say 'they self-harm'."

We feel that we should hide it and be ashamed of our true feelings, we act as rocks for others but let ourselves crumble. We feel people will look at us as we're different.. 'mental' not all there, people who self harm are no different and it's because of the 41% of young people who believe that self-harm is selfish and the other 55% who think that it is stupid that there is an increase in self harm. Don't let yourself or others destroy you, believe in yourself and remember you're never alone. Sorry if any of this has caused upset, but it is a strong topic which I believe needs to be solved or at least improved. and then this is what I found just by typing the word 'selfharm' into the search box, take a look for yourself.. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/selfharm