Self-harm & Mental Health with Satveer Nijjar

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In S2E7, Catri Barrett speaks to self-harm expert and educator, Satveer Nijjar. Satveer is the founder of Attention Seekers, which offers bespoke self-harm awareness training to schools, workplaces and institutions.

 

In this open, raw and educational episode, Catri and Satveer explore...

 

• The different definitions of self-harm and what it means to self-injure and self-poison
• Triggers of self-harm: emotional distress and struggling
• Risk taking behaviours: how sexual and criminal risk taking and sabotaging relationships can be intentionally harmful to oneself.
• Spotting potential early signs
• How to best support and speak to someone who is self-harming even if you don’t understand
• Ways to remove the stigma and taboo that is fed by fear and a lack of understanding
• Potential barriers that prevent someone from engaging with support and treatment ways to overcome this
• Unhelpful language and phrases that should be avoided when talk to someone, or about, self-harm and better alternatives.

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If you’re struggling, there are many resources, apps and websites that you can reach out to for support…

 

• Hub of Hope App
• Campaign Against Living Miserably
• NHS / PHE One You
• Text Crisis messenger service SHOUT.
• CALM HARM App
• Stay Alive app

 

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