Posted by Dinah on March 4, 2004, at 10:14:31
I know that most of us who self injure worry about posting something that might trigger someone or encourage someone to try self injury.
But it's also a legitimate mental health issue that many struggle with.
I'm wondering if a separate self injury board might be the answer? You could direct self injury posts to that board. The board itself could have a trigger warning. And you could put up rules to discourage the glorification of self injury, if that is a concern to you. In other words, I know that some self injury sites have poetry or other artwork that appears to romanticize self injury, and if you have concerns about Babble being associated with that, you could put up rules that you would be comfortable with.
And people who might be frightened or who might be triggered could entirely avoid the board.
Just a thought.
poster:Dinah
thread:320104
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