Hello again from the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)!

Would you like to help us understand how to help people who self-harm?

We are currently recruiting participants for the second phase of our research on self-harm, and we want your help! Participating in the study takes only 90 minutes, and you will be entered into a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. If you are interested, please email us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca. All your information will be kept confidential, and no identifying information is linked to your responses.

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THE DETAILS:

Background Information: Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality and Emotion Research Lab (PERL), a research team from Simon Fraser University in Canada, is conducting a study to learn more about the experiences of people who self-harm, and we want your help! We are interested in how emotions, life experiences, stress and coping styles affect self-harm. We hope that this research will help other people understand more about why people self-harm and what they can do to help.

What you can do: If you want to participate in this study, you will fill out online questionnaires on self-harm, emotions, coping, symptoms, and life events. These questionnaires will take approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Who can participate: We are looking for people who currently self-harm (whether you are trying to stop or not), AND those who have self-harmed in the past and quit.

What’s in it for you: Participants who complete the questionnaires will be entered in a draw to win one of five prizes of $150 CAD. Telling us about your experiences will give us important information on how self-harm changes over time, and could help develop and improve treatments for people who want to stop self-harming.

Important Information: This study is the second phase of this line of research, and builds on the previous study. If you have already participated in our research (in a study called “Characteristics Associated with Self-Injury”), you are still eligible to complete this study.


Please contact us at chapman_lab@sfu.ca if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL)
Simon Fraser University
Department of Psychology
RCB5246, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

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It's been a while since I wrote on here, lol but honestly its because I forgot my password and I've been lazy.
I have a lot of work at school, and it's just been rather tough. I have cut in the last 3 weeks, you know what makes me mad?
I've been looking forward to winter so I could cut my arms, but ironically I have gym now, and no long sleeves. It pisses me off.
My legs will have to be the main attraction this winter :/
Well thats my happy note I guess.
Anyone else hate gym?

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01. Whats your name? Melissa.
02. Age, Birthday, and Local? 14, 12/21, the south :P
03. Form of SI?: cutting.
04. Why do you SI?: honestly, i'm still not entirely sure. mostly to show that i'm not okay, that i'm not as happy as i act. to deal with emotions, too.
05. When was your first time, if you remember? What did you use? earlier this year. a pocket knife.
06. Where do you most often SI? my left arm, left wrist, and ankles.
07. What do you use? a pocket knife.
08. Do you hide it? YES.
09. Do you listen to music while you SI? sometimes. if i feel like it.
10. Anyone know? Want them to? not really. my best friend saw a few yesterday.
11. Eating Disorders? no.
12. Mental Disorders? nooo. i'm just fan-fucking-tastic.
13. What would you do if you found cuts on your best friend? she cuts all the time. i see new cuts on her almost daily, and i know there's nothing i can do.
14. Thank you for filling this out :) my pleasure :)

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01. Whats your name?Delia
02. Age, Birthday, and Local? 16, 10th August, doesn't matter
03. Form of SI?: cutting,biting,cigarette burns
04. Why do you SI?: to feel something.and cuts are beautiful
05. When was your first time, if you remember? What did you use? I was 12/13 and used a compass
06. Where do you most often SI? My left arm
07. What do you use?Razors and cigarettes
08. Do you hide it?it depends.sometimes yes,sometimes not
09. Do you listen to music while you SI? yes,to Placebo.it makes things so much real
10. Anyone know? Want them to? my family and conselour
11. Eating Disorders?yes
12. Mental Disorders?major depression,psychosis
13. What would you do if you found cuts on your best friend?i dont have friends
14. Thank you for filling this out :) no problem.

I just did my intro but i really really have something i need to get off my chest. and i am going to first ask a question. Is it normal for you to feel guilty for joining a group that is out with cutting? i mean i am ok with doing it to a point i just dont want my daughter to do it you know. she is only one and at the age of copying everything she see. And i have never done it in front of her but she is going to know what i am doing one day and what will she think. will she think i am week will she think that it is ok. i dont know, all i know is i havent been stopping and dont see myself stopping anytime soon. and i am ok with that i just dont want my daughter to be influenced by my actions.

01. Whats your name?KaLee
02. Age, Birthday, and Local? 23 Oct 26th Utah
03. Form of SI?: I am a cutter
04. Why do you SI?: To cope and cuz i am addicted to the rush
05. When was your first time, if you remember? What did you use? I was 15 and i used my beat friends pocket knife
06. Where do you most often SI? My left arm and wrist
07. What do you use?Razors
08. Do you hide it?usually except in the summer but i dont flash it around either
09. Do you listen to music while you SI? If so, who?sometime i do, and it is just a playlist of different song like evenesence
10. Anyone know? Want them to? my family, friends and counselor
11. Eating Disorders?no
12. Mental Disorders?not that i know of
13. What would you do if you found cuts on your best friend? I honestly dont know what i would say or do
14. Thank you for filling this out :)

To the love I left my conscious pressed to the keyhole I watched you dress. Loose lips sink ships.

01. Whats your name? I'm not going to disclose it just yet, but L is fine.

02. Age, Birthday, and Local? 08/08/1991; Fort Myers, FL

03. Form of SI?: B/P; cutting, starving.

04. Why do you SI? It makes me feel good, usually...

05. When was your first time, if you remember? What did you use? 13; knife.

06. Where do you most often SI? Arms, legs.

07. What do you use? Knife.

08. Do you hide it? Always.

09. Do you listen to music while you SI? If so, who? No. I like to be alone. No noise of any kind.

10. Anyone know? Want them to? My boyfriend has an idea. God, no, no, no, no, no.

11. Eating Disorders? Yes.

12. Mental Disorders? ED, OCD, depression, anxiety disorders.

13. What would you do if you found cuts on your best friend? I'm not sure...

14. Thank you for filling this out :) Mhm...

Everyone else was filling this out. So... I jumped on the bandwagon, I guess. Hi. I'm L. I'm not disclosing my name on here just yet. Nowhere on here, really. But... yeah. Hi...

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