It's an annual day of awareness that takes place on March 1st. (Obviously.)
For those of you who don't know: Self-injury (or self-harm, or self-abuse) is classified as a coping mechanism. An individual harms their physical self to deal with emotional pain or to break feelings of numbness by arousing sensation. This umbrella term can cover many things: cutting, bruising, burning, some forms of hair-pulling and non-suicidal over-dosing (taking more than suggested doses of pain-killer, or taking it more often than normal). Unlike it is often portrayed, SI is not just a girl thing. It is found in people of all backgrounds, races, genders, ages a