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Self-harming wasn't the solution

"Cutting seemed like a safer alternative for my body."

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Others influenced me

"Wasn't I different from friends who self-harmed?"

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When a friend self-harms

"I managed to find the strength to ask how she had got the scars."

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Visiting my doctor about self-harm

"I think it needs to be much less of a taboo."

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Living with self-harm

"You get addicted to that feeling."

Telling my self-harm story

My self-harm story

"Immediately before I self-harmed I would feel numb, completely numb."

Reaching out for help

Recovering from abuse

"The abuse went on for almost a year. Keeping it a secret tore me apart."

In and Out of Harm's Way

Images created by young people from 42nd Street involved in a project looking at suicide and self-harm.

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This information and content is part of a joint project between: 42nd Street, Depaul UK and YouthNet, funded by the Camelot Foundation and supported by the National Children's Bureau.

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