March 1, is Self-Injury Awareness Day, and the entire month of March is designated as Self-Injury Awareness Month. - 17% of all people will self-injure in their time - There are over 33,000 yearly cases of hospitalised injury in Australia due to intentional self-injury - The number of self-injury presentations to emergency departments across all ages has increased by 9.3% in a year, with young children representing the largest portion of age groups - 115,221 years of potential life was lost to intentional self-injury in 2019 in Australia
There are thoughts who hate, and they divide, and they feed off of people who don’t fight back. Yeah we could laugh this off, but what about the girl who can’t? Who’s gonna help her? Silence only makes them stronger.
We created #THEORANGEFFECT campaign because we all need a little help sometimes. We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to talk about self-injury and mental health. Ask the questions everyone else is afraid to ask. Talk about it in a way that is accurate and respectful.We’ll be louder than self-injury.
Find out how you can play your part: www.theorangeeffect.com.au