People fear what they don't understand, and even though self harm has been around for centuries, it wasn't really talked about too much until the late 80's early 90's. People are still misinformed and think that SI is just people who "don't have the balls to commit suicide" (yes, that was an actual quote told to me by my ex husband). Unless you want to try explaining to every ignorant person, you just have to choose your battles and just bite your tongue the rest of the time.
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