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"Self Injury Awareness Day" - March 1st

1st March is Self Injury Awareness Day.

SIAD is a global awareness day, and yet it is not supported by any nations'
governments, because it is a grass-roots idea. Somehow, in the mists of
time, the date was set as the 1st of March, and organisations around
the world make extra efforts to raise awareness ready for SIAD.

The colour for some reason is orange. Some people wear an orange ribbon, but in the past SIAD bracelets have been worn:

- Orange beads if you self harm;
- Orange and white if you used to;
- White if you have never self harmed but understand.

If you agree that people should be made aware of this issue and this day, re-post this in your journal.



i was never much of a cutter. i tried it on, kinda liked it but got easily sidetracked after i slit my wrists to the inner elbow in 8th grade and had 8787692837649278 hours of surgery to put humpy together again.

so then i was into burning. didn't hurt enough to help tho, but the blisters were fun in detention.

then the ultamate that literally killed me several times in one night. i was a massive drug addict, not because of the high that came from the drug, but the fact that i liked to push it and see how much closer to death i could get (oh woah is me! ::staples hand to forehead::). but still, i had massive scale narcotic addictions that put me in compromising situations over and over again...

once i ran down that road too many times i turned to alcohol, bent on self destruction. i've since deleted the journal, but perhaps i'll resurect it just for today, where i admit over and over and over again that i'm trying to destroy myself and everyone should just leave me alone about it. this is also the pre-medicated journal, at least when i stopped the thorazine for a few years. the journal was slimspooky but i havent decided if i'm going to open it or not...

but the day after my birthday this year i decided to stop trying to self destruct. i haven't touched a drop or a drug (besides prescribed ones, heh) since then and intend to keep it that way.

therefore... i get orange and white :D

Comments

[limbik.livejournal.com]

I'd wear a white one for all the internets peoples who probably faked it.

[joybeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. :o)

Good for you!

Yanno, it's funny, I never actually tried to slit my wrists. Killing myself never really even entered into my mind. But I was a terrible cutter/self injurer. (is that a word? heh)
I actually started with burning when I was around 13 and it escalated to cutting.

I was a coke head for a long time. I understand addictions.

I think you're fantastic.