1. “Unspeakable feelings need to find expression in words. However… verbalization of very intense feelings may be a difficult task.” ― James A. Chu
2. “This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.” ― Johnny Rich
3. “This might surprise you, but one of the best ways to manage your emotions is simply to experience that emotion and let it run its course.” ― Kim L. Gratz
4. “If you want to help people, ask why they are in so much pain that they are driven (there’s that word again) to escape from it through ultimately self-harming habits or substances.” ― Timothy Ferriss
5. “I can feel the hurt. There’s something good about it. Mostly it makes me stop remembering.” ― Albert Borris
6. “People say things meant to rip you in half but you hold the power to not turn their words into a knife and cut yourself.” ― Rupi Kaur
7. “Never feel this bad again. Never come back to this place, where only a knife will do. Live a gentle and kind life. Don’t do things that make you want to hurt yourself. Whatever you do, every day, remember this – then steer away from here.” ― Caitlin Moran
8. “Don’t ever forget you are beautiful, although your life, your past and your present situation may be ugly. You are beautiful.” ― Ricky Maye
9. “Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable.” ― Leila Sales
10. “The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me” ― Ricky Maye
11. “In all of your living, don’t forget to live.” ― Ricky Maye
12. “…when I look at my arms, I don’t think revolutionary. I think sad, and pain, but not revolutionary.” ― Kathleen Glasgow
13. “Take control of your emotions before your emotions take control of you.” ― Scott Dye
14. “Self-mutilation is a very different issue to suicide. It is a controlled pain personal to you, allowing you to live/exist to some degree.” ― Richy Edwards
15. “I found out to wait it out that it gets better. I wrote music instead of going to the blade.” ― Vic Fuentes
16. “When you feel at sea in an abyss of emotions, reconnecting to the beauty of your soul can be difficult, but it is never impossible.” ― Lorraine Nilon
17. “Self-harm – the world will come at you with knives anyway. You do not need to beat them to it.” ― Caitlin Moran
18. “It’s important to keep in mind that most people have no idea how to respond effectively to someone who self-harms.” ― Kim L. Gratz
19. “What possesses them, these young girls with a talent for self-immolation?” ― Margaret Atwood
20. “Stop looking back when your future is ahead of you”― Ricky Maye
21. “The scars you can’t see are the ones that hurt the most.”― Michelle Hodkin
22. “This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.” ― Johnny Rich
23. “Your scars are battle wounds, but you don’t see them that way. Yet.” ― Tammara Webber
