Finding Her: A Mental Health Podcast

EP 054: Brave to Speak About Self Harm

October 10, 2020 Julia Busby Season 3 Episode 54
Finding Her: A Mental Health Podcast
EP 054: Brave to Speak About Self Harm
Show Notes

On this episode of Finding Her, Julia presents her audience with the topic of self harm. Although, this may be a triggering topic to some Julia wanted to provide awareness for this behavior that is seen in adolescents to adults. Things think about during this episode: 1. Self harm is not a mental illness it is a behavior. 2. If you choose self harm as a coping skills you are not broken. 3. Demands of youth including society standards of perfection impact our younger generations hard. 4. Learn more about yourself with therapy to help replace unhealthy behaviors with positive coping skills. 5. It’s okay to say you're not ok.Resources:https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Health-Monthhttps://www.crisistextline.org/topics/self-harm/#what-is-self-harm-1https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/resisting-cutting.htmlhttps://headspace.org.au/young-people/understanding-self-harm-for-young-people/If you have any questions please reach out at julia@juliabusby.comFollow Julia on Instagram @juliambusby--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/findingher/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findingher/support

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