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FirstSigns is an online, user-led voluntary organisation, that raises awareness and provides information and support to people of all ages affected by self-harm or self-injury.

We recognise self-injury is a way of coping with distressing experiences and difficult emotions, and we encourage people to reflect on the issues behind their self-injury, and explore alternative coping mechanisms.

FirstSigns is managed and led by people with personal experience of self-injury, and we are non-judgemental, non-directional, and respectful of our members' and visitors' life experiences and perceptions.

The FirstSigns website is the centre of our vibrant community, and provides access to all our services, including our newsletter, message board and training.

We are very proud to be part of Bebo's <BeWell> project.

FirstSigns is also on Facebook and MySpace:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
http://www.myspace.com/MyLifeSIGNS

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"Along with our self-injury awareness Wristbands and Keyrings, we now have cool badges, so nice, and so cheap!" (65 weeks ago) me too! | Reply
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  • Emilie Autumn.JR
    Anonymous Bebo User

    my brother need your guys help to stop cutting so plz help him or he's going be hospitalized for ever and i dont want that for him so plz help im scared for him ='[

    3 weeks ago
  • Wedge B
    Anonymous Bebo User

    We love to have our members participate and comment in FirstSigns Bebo group. Just to remind you we can not allow anything that may be triggering in any way.

    Any comments with images or text that may cause others distress will be rejected.

    This policy cover all our work including our website and message board over at http://firstsigns.org.uk

    4 weeks ago
  • Pink
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    hi im 40, and i have cut since i was 13, and tried suicide , several times . im a borderline personality, i hate it and myself, for what i do, but theres just no stoppin sometimes. i feel absolutli empti inside and wnt to stop, its ruinin my famili, myself and evrithing i do ...

    9 weeks ago
  • Gina
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    My addiction i have never done it badly but iv'e done it often unfortunatly now it's coming back. :(
    i don't want it to i want to hold my head up high and smile in the sun not sit their looking down on my wrist with a worried look.
    This is one helpful site.
    XOX

    9 weeks ago
  • Tara S
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    self harm is strange addiction, i thought it would my life better, it only made things worse :( is that just me, or does anybody else feel that way?

    20 weeks ago
  • Stephh
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    22 weeks ago
  • Elena D
    Anonymous Bebo User

    i self harm

    im not proud of it

    but it is the only pain relief i can find that works

    26 weeks ago
  • Orla
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    started cutting round 4years ago tryin to stop but im findin it really hard just as i tink i have a handle on it i fall back again

    33 weeks ago
  • Lady Friea
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    Have you got a cure for very sore eyes when a person is working on a LCD computer desktop from 9am to 1pm and after a while it will be 9am to 5pm and my eyes are really killing me.any ideas?

    35 weeks ago
  • Lady Jenn
    Anonymous Bebo User

    Hey! I started Cutting when I was in the 8th grade which was in 2000 and the last time I cut was about 4 yrs ago. I use to cut cause of my dads drinking and just school stuff. There's somedays when I'm feeling down I think about cutting but I know if I do it would get me back in trouble with si. I was wondering Do You Actually Ever Cured of Self Injury.. I'm not sure what do yall think.

    37 weeks ago
  • Yvonne
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    i used to self harm when i was a teenager due to my dad being an alchoholic . he used to hit me ,my mam and mybrother.

    now im 38 i amost self harmed last nite ( my ex left me in debts im trying to manage but its hard when yr on yr own to try to deal with it)

    i always there in the back of my mind to self harm , how does anyone deal with it in their older yrs ??

    37 weeks ago
  • Wedge B
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    Firstly, we need to accept that we don't know everything that's going on in his life or in their relationship. Hopefully he'll want to talk to a friend about what's stressing him out. Maybe that'll be you? People who self-harm need help and support to rely on new ways of coping, but it can be a long journey so patience and understanding is needed. We have a page and a fact sheet for guys on our main website.

    38 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Smash Proof
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    ok
    so heres a question im not 2sure if u can reply it
    but ahhh
    i know of some 1 who does harm himself
    but he only does it when him & his partner have a disagreement or somethink.
    or even if she dont believe him he cuts himself
    its sad i dont know what 2do

    what can be done?

    38 weeks ago
  • Davina
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    woohoo finally found the bebo link :L

    41 weeks ago
  • Wedge B
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    Are many of you guys starting Uni? Is it back to school / college for many of you?

    42 weeks ago via Mobile
  • SuperNormal
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    Love to first signs,
    I stopped self-harming for a bit,
    But have started again.
    I have a counsiller and friends I could talk to, but I find it really hard to find the words.
    I will though.
    <3

    42 weeks ago
  • Starstrukk.
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    <3

    45 weeks ago
  • Vicki
    Anonymous Bebo User

    my friend used to self-harm, but she's all good now.
    it's such a scary thing seeing someone you love hurt themselves like that.

    46 weeks ago
  • Lottie
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    <3

    First Signs Has Helped Me So Much
    And It Will Continue To Do So
    Mucho Love
    'ox

    46 weeks ago
  • SuperNormal
    luv Anonymous Bebo User

    <3

    49 weeks ago

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  • Invitation to our Summer Meet-up in Leeds (UK)


    After holding our Meet-ups in London and Birmingham last year, we have decided to travel further north this year in order to keep things fair for our members. Accordingly we will this year be holding our summer meet-up in Leeds on Saturday 11 July 2009 and hope to meet as many of you as possible for a drink and a light-hearted chat.

    Our meet-ups have always been popular, giving people the opportunity to meet friends they have made on our message board and also to meet the people who keep our organisation going. Both Jules and I will be there, and hopefully one or two of our moderators as well.

    Please download your 'invitation' now from our website front page or blog – it gives you full details and will help you find us on the day :)

    You don’t have to be a member of our message board in order to attend – everyone who is a ‘member’ of FirstSigns in any way, either on the message board, our mailing list, our Facebook Group, Facebook Page, Bebo or MySpace groups, or indeed our Twitter followers, are all welcome to attend*.

    If you’d like to attend, please email Jules@FirstSigns.org.uk now to let us know you’ll be there.

    We look forward to seeing you and buying you a drink!

    Wedge and Jules

    0 Comments 25 days

  • Awareness Wristbands and Keyrings now available

    Judging by the number of queries we've had asking about wristbands and keyrings, I'm sure many of you will be just as excited as I am to hear that they are now in stock, and available to purchase!

    As so many of you wanted different combinations of wristbands and keyrings last year, we've made ordering easier this year (thanks to Wedge and his excellent webmaster skills), but if you still can't find what you're after then please email me - anything is possible :)

    We're only a month away from SIAD (Self-Injury Awareness Day) on 1st March, so what better time to buy a wristband or keyring (or both). As always, every penny we get goes straight back into helping us continue our work, and spread awareness throughout the year.

    We'll be blogging lots more about SIAD over the coming month, so if you're planning an event at your school / college / workplace and you'd like us to mention it, then please do contact me.

    Meanwhile, I look forward to the manic posting of wristbands and keyrings, as is usual for this time of year :)

    Jules@firstsigns.org.uk

    0 Comments 154 days

  • Update on BBC Headroom Campaign

    Friday, January 09, 2009

    Melanie, Video Producer for the BBC has been touch with further details about the videos they are producing for the Headroom campaign.

    It would now seem that the video can be filmed by contributors themselves, in their own home and time, using a camera and training provided by the BBC.

    Alternatively, Melanie would go along and assist with filming if required.

    Please see below a briefing that Melanie has provided:

    Video Nation: Self Harm brief

    Video Nation has been commissioned to produce short films for the Headroom / Video Nation websites on the theme of Self Harm.

    Each film (video diary) should focus on the personal story of self harm that individuals are currently experiencing, or have experienced.

    The main aim for the Video Nation films is for the audience to be able to watch and empathise with others’ experiences, to relate to and understand that how they are feeling is experienced by many others, to be inspired and motivated by the contributors’ progress in dealing with their issues.

    Contributors:

    * In each film the subject should be encouraged to tell their personal story and experiences of Self Harm, and discuss their personal ‘triggers’.
    * The person should talk about how they are coping / have coped and steps they are taking / have taken to manage their problems.
    * The person should also talk about the support they have received /continue to receive from friends, family, colleagues, work place and educational institutions etc.
    * If there is a family group affected by a person’s self harm, that might also be appropriate to follow up as a story idea in the mix of films.
    * We would also like to find a young South-Asian woman to contribute in the mix of films too – to tie in with one of the themes.


    About BBC Headroom

    * A pan-BBC audience support and information campaign on the subject of mental health and well-being.
    * BBC Headroom launched in May 2008 and acts as an umbrella support resource for the wide variety of mental health and well-being related activities taking place across the BBC. The aim is to provide easy-to-access audience information and tackling stigma surrounding mental health and wellbeing.


    The films should:

    * be a maximum of 2 minutes in length
    * have a positive outcome (in terms of being on a journey, not just being at their lowest ebb).
    * cover a variety of areas within the topic of self harm.
    * talk about practical solutions for a problem; how the subject expresses their feelings and thoughts through creativity, artwork, taking exercise etc.
    * have a ‘sense of normality’, be something that many people can empathise with.
    * show a sense of progress in the situation


    Once again I would ask that anyone interested in taking part email Jules@firstsigns.org.uk as soon as possible. Thank you.

    0 Comments 174 days

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    whereas regular comments are quick and easy to use for those who tire and become bored easily of applications such as the whiteboard:)
    such artistic expression which can be shown on the whiteboard could be helpful to those who reuire a little something to keep them occupied even if it is simply...

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    There are certainly a lot of ways to leave your mark on a Bebo profile - which is best? What's the difference between a whiteboard comment and a Comment comment?!
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