Saturday, June 14, 2008
If you're in FaceBook, there's this Cause that really has good intentions, and I believe, is helping with changes, little by little.
It's called, 'To write love on her arms', and helps those struggling with depression, self-injury (read: self mutiliation) and thoughts of suicide.
I joined it when I first started out in Facebook and every now and then I would visit it, and read the posted messages. There'll be messages from people struggling, things like, "I've not cut myself for three weeks now, but I was really depressed today and wanted to do so," and there'll be some words of encouragement from people who actually do understand how tough it is. Kinda like, Cutting-Anonymous
It is really an addiction, you know.. you never quite really recover completely. The last time I played with a razor was (and thank goodness I'm at the stage where I've to think back really hard) when I was 17. Lol, I'll like to think I had a very good reason then - it was shortly after the abortion. So, yup.. 8 years ago. There was one stage when I'll remember very clearly, exactly, the number of days/weeks/months/years since the last time, so it is an improvement.
That's why I really felt this ache in my heart when I read a post by someone just now, someone who was basically crying out for help to know how to stop.. and I thought, more people need to know about this, hence this post.
I once wanted to slap a friend - somehow the conversation topic had shifted and she said, and I still remember, "People who cut themselves have nothing to do. They should just go and die."
It's some weird mental/emotional struggle that I cannot explain... but it's definitely not a case of having 'nothing to do'.
So if you're in Facebook, join this Cause, support what the good people are trying to do... be human.
It's called, 'To write love on her arms', and helps those struggling with depression, self-injury (read: self mutiliation) and thoughts of suicide.
I joined it when I first started out in Facebook and every now and then I would visit it, and read the posted messages. There'll be messages from people struggling, things like, "I've not cut myself for three weeks now, but I was really depressed today and wanted to do so," and there'll be some words of encouragement from people who actually do understand how tough it is. Kinda like, Cutting-Anonymous
It is really an addiction, you know.. you never quite really recover completely. The last time I played with a razor was (and thank goodness I'm at the stage where I've to think back really hard) when I was 17. Lol, I'll like to think I had a very good reason then - it was shortly after the abortion. So, yup.. 8 years ago. There was one stage when I'll remember very clearly, exactly, the number of days/weeks/months/years since the last time, so it is an improvement.
That's why I really felt this ache in my heart when I read a post by someone just now, someone who was basically crying out for help to know how to stop.. and I thought, more people need to know about this, hence this post.
I once wanted to slap a friend - somehow the conversation topic had shifted and she said, and I still remember, "People who cut themselves have nothing to do. They should just go and die."
It's some weird mental/emotional struggle that I cannot explain... but it's definitely not a case of having 'nothing to do'.
So if you're in Facebook, join this Cause, support what the good people are trying to do... be human.
