Feedback received about
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"As always with sites
such as this, I leave having had a good look around, but without really
gaining any extra insight into self-injury. I've been self-mutilating with
razor blades for nearly seventeen years now (I started in September 1990 when
I was just 17) and I've yet to find someone who can explain just why I do what
I do. There are some interesting pages here, particularly the section on the
effect of seeing blood and why it plays a part, but I'm still none the wiser
as to my own reasons for this behaviour or why I can't break the habit. Having
bookmarked this site I will be back in the hope that I can gain some insight
into my condition (at least while I'm waiting my turn for therapy - bloody NHS
waiting lists) but I think I'm too far gone for this site to be of any real
benefit to me."
—25
July, 2007
"What a helpful site. I can not begin to tell
you how much this site helped me. I use this site as one of the first places I
turn to when I go through a period of possible relapse back into self harming.
I truly appreciate a place that makes me feel so normal during a time when I
am starting to let myself feel so abnormal."
—12
October, 2006
"Thanks for your site, it has really helped me
feel normal for once. It's good to know there's other people out there that
feel the same as me."
—15
June, 2006
"You tackled a really difficult subject in a
way that was not shaming. I really appreciate that. Thank you for creating
this space."
—26
May, 2006
"I am glad I found this
site here, I think it may be helpful to me. I am glad there are people out in
the world that care and will not judge. I like that you have a message board
for people to write and share with each other too. I also feel embarrassed
about that I pick at myself and that I have scars that need to be fixed, I am
glad that there are places that will not judge you on that also. I know
sometimes its hard to believe when you are not feeling so good sometimes."
—01
May, 2006
"I want
to commend you on your amazing website! What a wonderful resource for people
who are self-injuring, their loved ones, and practitioners. It is the most
comprehensive source of information I have come across thus far."
—Allison
Kress, South County
Psychotherapy
31 January, 2006 (personal communication)
"I am a student mental health nurse currently
working in child and family mental health. I felt compelled to congratulate
you on an excellent website. Without resources such as this these children
would be lost. Congratulations on your good work, long may it continue."
—24
January, 2006
"I'd just like to say how helpful I found your
site. I've been self harming for about 5 years now and log onto your site when
I'm feeling really down. It has helped me sort my head out loads of times.
Thanks."
—20
January, 2006
"I just wanted to say what a fantastic site. I
have been visiting this site on and off for two years now and I can not tell
you how much it has helped me. It is the first place I turn to when I go
through a period of possible relapse back into self harming. It is a place
that makes me feel so normal during a time when I am starting to let myself
feel so abnormal. This feels like not just a website but a community, that is
so welcoming and so vitally needed. Thank you again."
—10 December, 2005
"Great site. Very helpful. I am able to use
this in my everyday life and help others to come to this site. Thank You."
—04 December, 2005
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