I need to rant TW: Self-harm and anxiety attacks
I just found out my friend scratches herself when she has anxiety attacks so that the pain will ground her. The problem I'm focusing on is SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS SELF-HARM. She thought it was just a coping mechanism like eating ice, she herself directly compared it to eating ice "you know sometimes people will eat ice to shock themselves out if it, it's like that". Baby noo, I used to do the same thing. You know why so many people, so many CHILDREN self-harm and don't get help, other than prejudice or not wanting help, they DON'T KNOW it's self-harm, they think self-harm means cutting, or means you have to bleed for it to 'count' if we just TALKED ABOUT IT they'd know IF IT WEREN'T SO CENSORED they'd know, they'd know it's self-harm, or whatever they're struggling with, and THEY'D KNOW they can get help. WHY is it LIKE THIS.