raising awareness
 

recently iv been contemplating about whether or not to create some informative leaflets/posters about self harm and about mental illness. and start by emailing my old high school and 6th form asking them to hand them out or leave them somewhere for the students..and then maybe move on to other schools..
its just that i remember how alone i felt when i was younger and how oblivious i was to the fact that others struggle through similar things and i just want to try and help people and try and help them stop going through what i went through
basically i was just wondering what people thought of the idea? good idea/bad idea?
and any other comments/idea you may have
thanks xxxx

Sounds like a good idea. =]

I do like the idea :-) I hate it when people make jokes of people slitting their wrists or something similar. Even though they have never been aimed at me, i feel people don't really understand much about self harm thats why i have kept it such a secret because people will mostly have negative reactions.

Good luck with this.

thanks for your replies =) i think im gonna undertake it during the summer, itl give me something worthwhile to do
i mean if it helps just one person itl be worth it!
saint jimmy - im assuming ull just need the permission of the college to put stuff up

GREAT idea. I've always wanted to have like a walk to help those who self harm. Self Harm Awareness Walk.

Sounds great, good luck with it (Y)

Sounds like a great idea. You do feel quite isolated when you SI, even (especially) if you know that other people do it too, but you don't know any (or don't know if you know them).

I think that is a really good idea. Hope it all goes well for you.