Self-harm and Self-injury Awareness Day takes place every year on 1st March.
The purpose of the day is to reduce the stigma around self-harm, to make it ok to talk about and to raise awareness about the support available for those who self-harm. Raising awareness leads to understanding and empathy. It banishes judgment and fear and reduced the number of people who suffer in silence. The day is about educating people who do not self-injure and reaching out to people who do. Teenagers are the most likely group to self-harm. According to the Mental Health Foundation 10% of young people self-harm and most young people reported that they started to hurt themselves around the age of 12. Anyone may self-harm regardless of their age, gender, race, or lifestyle choices.
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