If i joined RYL now, i would not really see it as a self harm support site.
All the general chat boards are above the ones regarding 'issues' and the areas of the forum specifically about self harm are some of the least active.
Personally (totes just my opinion and not the opinion of all the mods/the site/Harley etc) i feel RYL currently does a lot to normalise sitting in a pit of woe and keeping yoursel ill, yet discourages discussion of the practicalities of having mal adaptive behaviours as part of normal life.
Which is quite funny really because at meets and such self harm is discussed as casually as anything else, and even with some humour, yet on a self harm support site, it seems to be taboo.
Lets face it, for the majority of people, self harming is inflicting superficial wounds upon yourself to make you feel better. Most people dont die from it.
/ramble.
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