OFFICIAL ‘STOP SELF-HARM DAY’ POST

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Official World Hardship2Ease Day 2010: Stop Self-Harm Day.

Hello and welcome everybody, to 2010’s World Hardship2Ease Day. This year’s theme is to help ‘Stop Self-Harm’.

Today, Alhamdulillah, is Stop Self-Harm Day!

Click on all the links to the post titles on the following link, if you want to see all things related to this day on this blog: http://afterhardshipwillalwayscomeease.wordpress.com/category/h2e-day-2010/

Please vote in the Stop Self-Harm Day Poll:

“Stop Self-Harm Day, is a day for hope. On this day, people from around the world will try and help put an end to self-harm. It affects a tragic number of people around the world, and in many cases even leads to suicide. This needs to be prevented. It CAN be prevented, and we will try to be the ones preventing it on this day together. Experts estimate that 4% of the population struggle with self-injury, so that’s roughly 267,890,162 throughout the world. We CAN help. We can make a difference. Speak about it together, on one day-TODAY! Blog it, Tweet it, FB it etc. Together, we can end self-harm and give hope to millions, Inshallah (God-willing).”

Spread Awareness. Write something, such as an inspirational poem or story to help people to stop self-harming. Or, actually talk to someone (if you know anyone) who suffers self-harm,and help them stop.

You can write poems/stories that will help people quit self injury.

Alternatively, you can send in a picture. This might be a graphic one you made on the computer, or something you drew or maybe even a photo-it could be something like you holding up an inspirational quote.

Be imaginative. Help people.

Please COMMENT here!! Write in something inspirational and if you did anything for that day send in the link. Also, I will hopefully be re-blogging anything that you guys do for that day!

Thank you, and I look SO forward to seeing your posts!!Btw. if you can’t make/draw/write etc. anything for Stop Self harm day by TODAY then-don’t worry- send it in afterwards!!I don’t mind lol..Give it in in the weekend or next week, whatever-I’ll just link it up to the original official post.

Thank you in advance, and I pray for all of you who help and pray that those who self-harm stop doing it and that they benefit from this day. Let’s make this day a success!!

(What I’ve written previously about today)

Ok, so now from my own point of view. Here, Inshallah, I will write whatever comes to my mind that I’d like to share with you about this very serious topic. (Btw-I’m writing in orange ’cause the Self Harm Awareness ribbons are this colour, and a certain friend of mine has this as her favourite colour too lol).

When I say ‘topic’ of self-harm, it sounds like something out of a book. Something not real..but it is SO REAL. And it is SO DEADLY. To inflict harm on yourself, not only are you destroying what life you have existing on your skin, but also smashing your own existence within your soul. Your heart feels shattered. You think that by causing pain on your skin that you can physically see, will stop the emotional and mental pain you feel deep within you each and everyday. But it won’t. It will only make it worse. Think about it logically. If you were just emotionally abused, by self-harming, you’re now physically abused, and what’s worse, it’s done by your own hands! And if you were already hurt physically, then I’m sorry, but you’re adding to that existing traumatic pain. You need to let go. Get help. Some of you may have a ‘broken’ life. You feel like your heart has been smashed into tiny little pieces, and God, it aches. It kills. And, instead of reaching for support, for help, you start self-harming, or taking drigs or alcohol etc. And then what were a thousand little pieces of your broken heart have now become a million, and every day you carry on like this, the worse it gets, until it feels like there are no pieces of life left inside you. You’re an empty shell…

BUT, get back to reality. The truth is, thank God-you’re NOT. You still have that breathe of life inside you-you’re ALIVE. And you need to thank your heart out to God, your Lord, your Creator, for even giving you this chance to make a fresh start. You need to go and pick up the billions of pieces of your shattered life, and start piecing them together again, one by one. It will be hard, it will take time, no doubt. But, it CAN be done. Nothing is impossible. There is ALWAYS light at the end of every tunnel. Always hope. Have faith and believe.

I’m Muslim, mashallah. Subhanallah. And I therefore KNOW, I believe 100% that Allah s.w.t. is our Lord. He is our master and Creator and Forgiver. Ask him for help. For repentance. Me, along with other Muslims, believe that our life is sacred. It is a gift from God. SO we must not abuse that gift. God does not bear us with an affliction of that which we cannot stand. The ‘unbearable’ is ALWAYS bearable. And for any of you who don’t believe me, or can’t understand, then I ask you this. When you feel alone, who do you turn to? How do they help you? If there was NO-ONE in the world to help you, who would you go to? If you felt like no human loved you, then who loves you? God. Ask God for help. Pray to Him. He will be there NO MATTER WHAT. You;re friends may desert you, but God NEVER will. God will always love you.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION!!

The following is YOUR contribution to Stop Self-Harm Day, from around the world. Thank you to EVERY single person who participated, contributes in any way and read anything related to this day.

Stop Self Harm

There’s something inside

Nothing to be ignored

Nothing to be kicked to the side

Nothing to not worry about

Nothing to be hidden even from yourself

Something that hurts too much

Something you can’t really deny even if you lie

We make it hurt outside while drawing a fake smile upon our faces

Pain feels good

It’s like frenzy

It’s like a drug

Self harm; self destruction

Blindfolded eyes that stare into nothing

They look past your real pain and tell you it’s wrong

They offer you a hand that’s supposed to help you up

Why does -what they make u do- won’t work?

Because they’re looking for what’s not there

They look at the wrong page

They can’t see

They don’t know how to listen

However there’s always One that understands

Even when u haven’t even tried to explain anything, not like it’s possible

anyway

But He understands because He listens to your heartbeats when they speed

up

He can see and feel your heartache

He can taste your bitter tears

He’s been reaching out to you

Look to your side when you feel alone because you’re not alone

Even if you can’t see him

He’s there and He’s trying to hug your pain away but you’ve got a barrier all

around yourself

He doesn’t want to intrude

He wants you to make a choice

He wants you to choose him

Because He feels your pain

Because he wants to lift you up and take you away from the claws that

clutch your body

He will never leave you

So you’ll never be alone

But you need to take one step

Just one step to Him and He’ll do the rest

Hurting yourself will only make it worse

Break the circle

Reach out

You won’t be empty handed

You won’t be disappointed

You will be free…

September 23, 2010

By: Yuki-hime

****************PLEASE NOTE/WARNING:FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SELF-HARM/HAVE THOUGHTS OF SELF INJURY/HAVE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/ACTIONS ETC. YOU MUST TALK TO SOMEONE, AND SEE A SPECIALIST/PROFESSIONAL. There ARE people out there to help you, so go find them. Speak to a friend. Don’t close off to the world. By just carrying on the way you are, you broken world will only get more broken. You need to fix it. Don’t ever give up. Hope is real, help is real-as To Write Love on Her Arms famously teach. And, the most wise words of all, Verily, after hardships come ease.