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“For the first time in months, I felt together. Sharp. In hurting myself, I had at last found a way to release the pressure.
But it was more than that. I was now different. I felt different. I’d discovered a way to control my feelings. Just because self-mutilation wasn’t deemed an acceptable coping mechanism didn’t mean I was going to stop doing it”
― Victoria Leatham, Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, and Survival