Mental health issues are not discussed most often, and something devastating event happens such as suicide.
Cutting or “non-suicidal self-injury,” is a mental issue, and sometimes people might not even notice it’s happening. It’s defined as the deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue and affects almost one in five people worldwide.
People commit suicide, cutters aren’t trying to kill themselves. Self-harm is very dangerous and you can easily end your life, which is why someone took to the internet to share their coping strategy – art.
“My therapist told me instead of hurting myself I should draw something pretty were I want to cut. This is the result. And it works, honestly. If you’re struggling with self-harm I recommend this. Make sure you use a marker and not a pen cause pens can hurt you!”
“I’m reblogging this again because this technique did help me stop self-harming.point 187 | Sure, I had some slip-ups at the beginning but I’m 92 days clean now.point 249 |
All of the love I got from y’all certainly helped too! I hope this helped at least one other person recover or at least helped someone along the road to recovery.point 138 | I would love to hear other techniques you guys have or your recovery stories! I love you all so much.point 220 |
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Someone else saw the post and added that the easy-to-draw pattern method of Zentangle could be particularly helpful!
“Zentangle art is non-representational and unplanned so you can focus on each stroke and not worry about the result.point 210 |
There is no up or down to Zentangle art.point 32 | If fact, you can most easily create Zentangle art by rotating your tile as you tangle — always keeping your hand in a relaxed position.point 145 | You don’t need to know what a tangle is going to look like to draw it.point 202 |
You just need to know the steps.point 26 | The result is a delightful surprise,” writes their website.point 79 | point 79 | 1
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