Self-harm is something that the majority of people with BPD experience at some point in their lives (prevalence estimates range from 50-80+%).

We decided to separate suicide and self-harm for the purposes of this mini series because the two things are often conflated and are actually super distinct phenomena.

Together we explore our personal experiences with self-harm, how they different from suicidality, and how we've learned healthier coping mechanisms.

Throughout our discussion we emphasizes the importance of harm reduction and the need for understanding and compassion in addressing self-harm (aka don't freak out if someone is self-harming. That doesn't help).

Please listen to this episode with care. While we usually don't talk about self-harm methods on the podcast we did briefly in this conversation.

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