For about 5 years I struggled with a dependency on self-harming. It got to the point that my way of ‘coping’ with any negative feeling I had was to turn immediately to hurting myself so I was in control of how I felt. Needless to say, I was never actually in control and this dependency was controlling me.
A few years ago, I had put some of the lyrics of this song into a blog post, and a friend of mine replied to the post with this: ‘Take the pieces and build them skywards.’
Those words have stuck with me, and now I’m rebuilding myself and moving onwards and upwards in my life.
As of the 23rd of October 2012, I have not hurt myself for a whole year, and I will be proud of that for the rest of my life. I never thought I would be able to overcome something that had played such a huge part in my life.
Done by Ricky at Tattoo Monkey, Southampton UK
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