Self Harm

1. Self harm is more than a body and mind issues, it’s also a heart and soul issues.

2. It’s not enough to provide only mental wellbeing resources to a self harm person who needs also spiritual well-being resources.

3. Before we provide the soul or spiritual resources, we need to make distinctions between religion and spirituality. They are two different things. Religions are part of human cultures while spirituality is part of our lives.

4. Kids who self harm often say that it makes them feel alive, and it is one way they can exercise control over their body. And manifest the pain they feel inside

5. Physical pain make emotional/spiritual pain more bearable

6. i think the kid will benefit from an adult just empathising and understanding that he/she has a lot of pain inside that cannot be expressed in any other way. 

7. As first step to engage a self harm kid, we need to listen deeply.