Self harm is :

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•making yourself sleep deprived
•making yourself cold (not wearing warm clothes in the winter, sleeping without a blanket etc)
•not eating
•not drinking
•eating too much
•not looking before crossing the street
•scratching
•letting your skin be dry & break easily
•picking at skin
•over-exercising
•substance abuse
•over-working yourself
•making yourself go out and do things even though you’re exhausted
•putting yourself in anxiety-inducing situations (even if you have a choice to stay out of them)
•triggering yourself
•purposefully angering someone who you know will yell at you
•entering relationships you don’t want to be in/being around people you don’t want to be around
•having sex when you don’t want to
•setting yourself punishments
•not giving yourself time
•not letting yourself spend time with the people you love & know will be good to you
•yelling at yourself inside your head
•pinching or bruising yourself instead of cutting
•cutting
•holding everything in even when you have the option of venting
•over stressing
•over thinking
•staying in abusive relationships (friend wise or romantically)

STOP assuming that self-harm is visible and easy to notice. It’s NOT. Self harm isn’t always physical, it can be emotional, and mental as well