Inspire Embarks on Adulthood

Trigger Warning: Self harm, depression, fighting, and Trichotillomania are mentioned.

Self-harming already has a substantial stigma surrounding it.  People glamorize or demonize self-harming with such a quick ferocity that they sometimes miss it when it’s right under their nose. In the past, I published “Five Ways You’re Self Harming Before You Pick Up the Razor,” to educate people on the different less famous ways people self-harm. It’s hard to get help when you don’t know you need it, which is why I have expanded it. Below are five more ways you’re self-harming before you pick up the razor.

Reckless Carelessness

There is a difference between being a reckless person and committing an act of self-harm. A lot of the time the line between self-harm and unhealthy habits lies with intentions. While some people self-harm to feel, and others self-harm to escape or punish themselves, this type of self-harm revolves more around not caring at all.  

Picture being in a car crash, or almost being in one, the wheels skidding, the smell of smoke engulfing your lungs. Image what your reaction to the situation might be. Someone who falls into a severe apathy might not even…

They broke him. They broke that baby’s spirit. 😢