Is Self-Harm About Seeking Attention?

My experience with self-harm, and how I learned to stop it

Scott Ninneman
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Photo by David Monje on Unsplash

Hypnotized I stared at the flame of the burning candle before me. Part of me knew that what I was about to do was wrong, but a bigger part of me just wanted to feel something.

TW: Self-harm

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Scott Ninneman

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Scott Ninneman writes about living with mental and chronic illness, personal development, poetry and short stories. linktr.ee/speakingbipolar

Speaking Bipolar

Publishing stories about personal development, living with mental illness, and surviving chronic conditions, such as Familial Mediterranean Fever.

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