Originally Posted by
atropine
the worst part is that the figures are that high, but yet no-one ever talks about it and its as taboo as ever...
I en totally agree. I mean it's just something that feels uncomfortable to dicuss. Even if one day it was less tabooed, who's to say there won't be more people faking it? Because they will know that they WILL get their attention.
It is a taboo subject and this is both a good and bad thing. I don't know if anyone would agree though.
The good thing, that attention seekers won't know if they'll get attention from it. Which they probs would. But, then again, what about people who aren't doing it for attention and want to talk to somebody about it....it's a very tricky thing.
I mean like at college, hardly anyone knows that I have self harmed, well they all think I don't anymore. Well except for one person who I think knows I'm not in recovery. At college only a few people know and that's like 3 friends, one of my enablers and my counsellor. Hardly anyone really.
I just wonder how good the effect would be in raising awareness, I think overall it's great to raise it. But there's always going to be a con or two that comes along with it, from a small minority of people.
Okay, rambling!