The Butterfly Project

I recently came across this thing called "The Butterfly Project". It's a project for cutter awareness. It hits so close to home for me, since I was a cutter. The Butterfly Project is for recovering cutters. It goes like this, "Whenever you feel you want to cut again or self-harm in any way, draw on a butterfly. You have to try to keep it alive. If you cut over the butterfly or burn it, you've killed it." I have done this so many times and it is very helpful. Cutting is not the only way. Now that I'm older and can think rationally,and it just seems like I am leaving myself a reminder of all the times I have been hurt when I cut, which is not something I would want to remember. So whenever someone hurts you and you want to self-harm, remember this and just know that the person who is hurting you, is hurting much more.