Hi.
Let me start off by saying that I overcame self-injury over 10 years ago, just shortly after turning my heart and life over to Jesus. When I harmed myself, I began with hitting and ripping out my hair, and years later progressed to where I cut my arms and legs. On two separate occasions I burned myself while on medication and under psychiatric care. Amongst hundreds of scars from cutting, I have 2 large scars (4 to 5” long and 2” to 3” wide) from 3rd degree burns. Since being healed and overcoming I created a self-help website, End All The Pain! (endallthepain.com) as a way to offer hope and encouragement to those struggling with a variety of challenges in life.
Since I have your attention, I would like to take the opportunity tell you a little about my new organization, Launching Point, Inc. Launching Point is a self-injury support and resource center, which is the only of its kind on the east coast. I realize you are familiar with self-injury, that it is self-inflicted violence such as punching, cutting, burning, and hair pulling, along with other types of harm, however, I enclosed a brochure for you. Launching Point offers assistance, support groups and a variety of resources to those who self-injure and was formed to offer services and support to those that self-injure as well as offer assistance to those supporting a loved one.
In May of 2004 I had my first book published; No More Pain! Breaking the Silence of Self-Injury, which I truly believe will shed some light to this misunderstood topic.
My anticipation for every person who hears my story is that he/she knows that he/she can be free of internal turmoil and get through any hardship or difficult time in his or her life! My hopes are that through sharing what I have been through it will help someone overcome whatever they are struggling with in their life, as nothing is hopeless!
Blessings to all.
Warm Regards,
Vicki
www.LaunchingPoint.org
