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About me I have injured myself during many years. I cut my arms and wrists with knives and blades. I punched my head or hit it against walls. I carefully hid both what I did and my wounds. In a society where emotions are seen as somehow less important than sound skin, and less real, I needed a biologically real wound in order to tell myself: I hurt and this hurting is real. It was a really difficult experience. I thought I had gone completely crazy. But worse than the experience itself was the stigma around it. The more extreme forms of self-injury only ever appeared under the influence of SSRIs and stopped immediately after going off these drugs. But I had experienced self-harm tendencies before, like biting the backs of my hands. I don’t self-injure today. And I haven’t for many years. Understanding what I did, and that I did it in order to care for myself was helpful. Forcing myself to stop wasn’t. I honour my scars. Cutting has helped me claim ownership of my body. This zine reflects my experiences. I share the vision of The Icarus Project where my standpoint and many other standpoints are welcome.
The Icarus Project The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of ’mental illness’ rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. theicarusproject.net
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Page 19 and 20: Harm Reduction Harm reduction means
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