I live in the Uk's southeast. There is nowhere to turn for support and help in stopping this awful expression of pain. It sucks!

i live in wiltshire, uk and i think the reason for there being more about drugs and alcohol than cutting is because more is known about these and why people do it. even the poor excuses for councillors that ive seen in the past havnt really had a clue what they are talking about! i think we are on our own.

I live in the usa... we have national self injury awareness day.... but i never here anything about it. I found out from people that lived in a different state. Um there is this non profit organization call To Write Love On Her Arms, they were started to bring awareness to depression, cutting, addiction and suicide. So they are really the only awareness out there.

im in the arse end of nowhere in Norwich, and i agree with you but i get the feeling its still the same a lot of places throughout the world.
and i also think that not a lot of people know about it because it is such a sectretive thing and you dont brag about it like some kids do with guns and knives. i think also these things are classed as anti social behavoiurs and the government dont want to upset anyone else, so cutting up yourself is not as bad as drinking in public because no one else knows and no one can have the chance to complain to their councils about it.
its like they think, what they cant see cant hurt anyone else from the public, because the image of the youth and how they are running us, and how fucked up we all are is ok as long as they are percieved to be tackling the most "important" things (the things people can see and complain about) like guns and knives. and dont get me wrong, they are very important too.
man i think i may have repeated myself and gone on a little rant but i hope you get what i meant!!

I am in the south east of London and I have to pay privately to attend self injury awareness group. It was going really well but then my money run out and it was bye bye .....nothing.

im in New Zealand and there is no awareness of self harm. i didnt even know what it was when i was doing it and then i told my pyschologist and she has been helping me through it. other people think im a freak or i have no self control. i dont care what they say, they dont have a clue. i read a very helpful book on the matter "the bright red scream" it helped me to understand why i even started to self harm and gave me some strength to not do it all the time.