Your Recovery Stories
People often share their lived experience journey with us. Sharing is a powerful experience and can be an important part of the recovery journey for the person sharing. Supporting people to share their lived experience journeys will always be an empowering part of our work.
Read some of our Recovery Stories below…
Tracy's Story
Claire's Story
I have been in domestic, physically and sexually abusive long-term relationships and started self-harming during my last relationship….But, getting help from Self-Harm Network Scotland really turned things around for me.
I self-harmed for about 18 months, then my mum found out. I struggled with the thought of accessing support, but my mum was really supportive and explained to me that she thought it might help and she encouraged me to go along…
Michael's Story
For me it had got to the point where my depression and mental health had completely overtaken my life. I lost all of my interests and personality, and I didn’t see any way of carrying on…
Jo's Story
When I was 7 years old I was diagnosed with attachment disorder which I received counselling for. When I was 16 my relationship broke down, which led me to attempt suicide…
Emily's Story
Before I reached out to Penumbra, I was quite nervous and anxious. I didn’t know what to expect as I have never been part of a self-harm service…when I started to get support, I met Martha – she was the sweetest, kindest person ever.
Tommy's Story
I’m 50 years old, ex-military, with a lot of mental health problems, including PTSD. After going into hospital, I was referred to Penumbra’s Self-Harm Network Scotland service to get support with my self-harm…
A Mother's Story
I had a history with anxiety, depression, and a little bit of self-harm when I was younger, but at the time I didn’t receive any help because I hid it…
Courtney's Story
I referred myself to Penumbra’s Dundee self-harm service as I had self-harmed on and off for a few years and wanted to learn better coping strategies and feel confident enough to trust myself to use them instead of reverting back to old habits…
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