FirstSigns

The user-led self-harm voluntary organisation

Post archive for ‘Health & Happiness’

Happy new year, let’s make it a good one

Looking forward to 2010, what will you achieve?


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Our first FirstSigns Calendar – help raise funds and awareness

Our very first calendar, for your wall. Beautifully put together and printed for you.


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CBT – Addressing invalidation, criticism, feedback and self-criticism

PG13 Rated! Criticism, even self-criticism isn’t true and isn’t the whole story. Try this simple Cognitive Behavioural idea next time criticism upsets you.


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Research, happiness, statistics and lies

What is it with researchers? Why is it that every study that comes out contradicts the previous one? One month coffee is good for the heart, the next it’s bad. One year mono-unsaturates are good for you, but these days we have to avoid ‘trans-fats’ – whatever they are. More people are staying in the [...]


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Write a letter to your loved ones, and send it to us instead

Coming out about self-injury to the people closest to us is a difficult decision to make. How the other person reacts is bound to have a serious affect on us, be it positive or negative, and so it’s important to think about that first conversation (if possible) before you have it.
Or maybe you aren’t ready [...]


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Start your Christmas shopping now and save yourself money and stress

Gift giving is a lovely tradition, and many people enjoy tracking down the perfect gift, the present they know will make their loved one smile.
But Christmas can be expensive. How many times have you had to break your budget to be able to get the gifts you want, or enough gifts for everyone? Each year [...]


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