By Jody Betty and Anne Moss Rogers
A few years ago, I met Jody Betty a trauma survivor who reached out and wrote a post on this blog about the self-harm safety box, also called the self-harm safety kit. She used this strategy to help her end years of self-harming. That post became one of the top ten posts and over the years and many therapists, teens and adults have reached out to say how important … Read more...
by Ayushree
Note from Anne Moss: A self-harm safety box is a kit that a person puts together as a self-help strategy. This was sent to me by Ayushree and she details the contents of her safety box which she has so far found helpful in breaking her self-harm habit.
To make my own self-harm safety kit, I took a shoebox, covered it in white paper and made doodles all over it. I didn’t write anything on it because otherwise, my mom would know.
Doodles are one of my hobbies and it helps me to relieve stress. … Read more...
by Jody Bee
This is not to take the place of appropriate mental health care. It is a self-help guide is for those who self harm and want to stop but are not sure how from a woman who has struggled and managed to break the vicious cycle of self harm.
Self-harm is on the rise at an alarming rate, not only amongst teens but adults as well. If you are sitting in a classroom or a school auditorium, glance around you.
Would you think that any of the people you see, be it friends or strangers have self-inflicted scars, bruises … Read more...
