22/02/2010 – Monday – rescuelullaby – Self Injury and peers, to quit or not to quit

At my school, heaps of people in my grade started to si this year. Most of them just do it because their friend said its “cool”, or whatever. I’ve noticed that I kind of want to keep si until they’ve all stopped, so I can show myself that I wasnt just following. That I actually have a problem, that just so happened to show its self again when others thought of it as a fashion statement. I think I should stop, but I dont want to know myself -wrongly- as a follower. 1. What advice would you give this person? Do you think they should stop or wait until everyone else has stopped self injuring because they think its cool? 2. Does your school / college know about your self injury? How did they react?