Depression and self harm quotes (not mine)

#82

People don't take self harmers seriously. They don't realize how much pain they're in. In fact, they underestimate how much pain they're in. Don't you realize how much pain someome has to be in to drag that blade across their skin? Don't you realize how miserable someone must be to lock themselves away somewhere and burn themselves? Don't you realize how cheerless someome must be to raise their hand in the air and slam it against their body, time amd time again until they're covered in bruises? No, you don't. You shouldn't joke about things like that. Don't disrespect those people. They are quite obviously in so much pain. Don't tell them to do it. Don't say it doesn't mean anything. They do it as a release, for that moment they forget all their problems, everything, all they can focus on is inflicting pain. It's terrible. It's saddening. It's scary... It's self harm. Those two words. Self Harm, they're quite powerful if you really go into it. They are so miserable that they turn to harming themselves to get away from it. It's no joke, so don't treat it like one.