I had an interesting chat today to a School Wellbeing worker. She said that one of the major issues in schools today is "Self Harm". She said it was contageous, and that ALOT of the youth do it these days. Another great point she made was that it has NOTHING to do with attention seeking.
She said that it goes on a spectrum, on one extreme people cut/harm themselves because the pain in their life is so INTENSE they hurt themselves physically to relieve themselves of the emotional pain.
On the end of the spectrum they feel so NUMB to the pain in their life that they cut themselves to see the blood, to see they are still alive.
We need to be able to deal with this problem. The problem isnt so much what they are doing, the problem lies at why they are doing this. We cannot judge people for doing what they are doing, there are reasons why they do this. Some of us understand its not the way to deal with problems, but for many it seems like the best way at the time.
I read stats that said 1 in 3 females ( i think by the age of 16) have self harmed. I know plenty who have done this. Differernt people deal with their problems in different ways. Some run, they use alcohol, drugs, self harm etc
As Christians we dont need to run. We dont need to bleed. Jesus died for us. He died to make us well, He died to take away our sin and guilt and shame. Isaiah 53:5 says "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." We need to be able to show the love of God to all people so they know that 1) there is relief and healing for pain and 2) that they are alive and can be made alive in Jesus Christ.
She said that it goes on a spectrum, on one extreme people cut/harm themselves because the pain in their life is so INTENSE they hurt themselves physically to relieve themselves of the emotional pain.
On the end of the spectrum they feel so NUMB to the pain in their life that they cut themselves to see the blood, to see they are still alive.
We need to be able to deal with this problem. The problem isnt so much what they are doing, the problem lies at why they are doing this. We cannot judge people for doing what they are doing, there are reasons why they do this. Some of us understand its not the way to deal with problems, but for many it seems like the best way at the time.
I read stats that said 1 in 3 females ( i think by the age of 16) have self harmed. I know plenty who have done this. Differernt people deal with their problems in different ways. Some run, they use alcohol, drugs, self harm etc
As Christians we dont need to run. We dont need to bleed. Jesus died for us. He died to make us well, He died to take away our sin and guilt and shame. Isaiah 53:5 says "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." We need to be able to show the love of God to all people so they know that 1) there is relief and healing for pain and 2) that they are alive and can be made alive in Jesus Christ.
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V weird, I just handed in an assignment on this topic! let me know if you want me to send it 2 u...
Self-harm is a very real problem, I think part of the answer is re-connection, our society has become great at inventing gadgets to communicate, that we aren't so good at basic one-on-one person-to-person stuff anymore... lets get interested in our young people, a non-relative adult showing genuine interest could just give a young person enough hope to cope without self-harming... bless ya Jamsie!
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