Introduction

Hello everyone! 
Hopefully, this will be my first post of many at this site. Since I want to be able to reach out to as many as possible, all my posts will be in English. I thought I would begin with a small introduction of who I, the owner of this blog, am and part of what inspired me to create this blog.

My name is Erica, I'm 23 years old and live in Gothenburg, Sweden. Right now I am studying art at a boarding-school by the sea. I was born in London and lived there until I was six. When I was ten, I was deeply depressed for a number of reasons (which I will write about another time), and by the time I was eleven I was self-harming daily. Mostly by cutting. I have tried to stop more times than I can remember, always relapsing after a few months. The pain has simply been too much. Now I have gone 13 months without cutting, something I am very proud of. The urge is still very strong, so one of my best friends suggested starting a blog about life with self-injury. This is not meant to be a triggering blog. That means I will not upload any pictures of my scars, so don't ask me. I mean this blog to be a way for me to cope with my struggle, and at the same time help and inspire others addicted to, or in some other way affected by, self-injury.

I will try to write about once a week, sharing my babysteps to recovery and posting encouragement and different ways to avoid self-injury. Please leave a comment! I will try to answer your comments and/or questions as quick as I can. If you have any questions that you feel are too personal to be posted here, I will happily answer them by e-mail. Finally, I hope that you will send me some encouragement in return. This is a battle that no-one can win alone!

Keep fighting!