Because why are we judging someone for doing it for attention.. why aren’t we more concerned that someone’s pain feels SO invisible that they feel like they have no other option but to make the pain physical.. that’s insane to me

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If someone is self harming for attention, they still need help. You should protect yourself from their manipulation, but they are ill and need help (not that you are the person to give it, but keep in mind that they will not change if you give them the attention)

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My Mom once said she couldn’t take me seriously because people who are really suicidal don’t try to reach out and tell people or cut themselves up, they just keep it to themselves and go off and do it quietly & that what I was doing was just attention seeking and not worth her time. So I stopped reaching out. I withdrew completely into my own thoughts, my grades dropped & 3 months down the line I was saved from sitting on the edge of a bridge. I’m 2 years into therapy & recovering now.

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Literally, I went through it and I have scars that show and I’m not ashamed of them because I have finally like got to the point of my life where I’m moving forward, but I do remember those times it’s important to just mind your business sometimes and not to say anything about it.

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Oof I met someone that thought suicidal ideation wasn’t real suicidality bc the person was “too pussy” to actually do it💀

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Okay virtue signaler

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