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Name: | Rachel McElfatrick |
Age: | 22 |
Year of the Fix: | 2016 |
Location: | Ballymoney |
Campaign: | Stop self-harming |
I was sixteen when I first started to self-harm. Initially I burned myself but I quickly moved onto cutting.
I was a serial self-harmer, cutting my arms, legs and stomach on a weekly basis.
Often I needed hospital treatment and would make regular trips to A&E.
Self-harming is an addiction. It hurt and I didn’t enjoy it but I couldn’t function without doing it.
I self-harmed for five years and I’m still trying to break free from my addiction.
With Fixers help I’ve created a friendship bracelet kit for other young people who are self-harming.
Friendship bracelets gave me a focus and distraction from the thoughts of cutting.
I hope other young people will also find solace is creating the bracelets and achieve something beautiful with their hands.
Fern Lulham
Jade Kingdom
Alexandra Garrick
Jack H
Ethan Mcinally
Fixers
Hannah Carter
Jo Quinn
Shannon Rawlings
Ben Simms
'Ben'
Meghann
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Sam Barakat
Macauley Collinson
Timothy Cranfield
Olivia G
Becky Thorn
Shak & Natasha
Becky
Liam Thomas