Peaches Geldof [possible trigger - self harm]

[DealForTheKids]

This is going to sound off the scale crazy. I'm sorry in advance.

Since my teenage years I've been a prolific self harmer. Until tonight I was 2 years self harm free. I've just cut after finding out about Peaches Geldof.

I mean, this sounds crazy, cutting after that long, because of a celebrity right? I can only think it's because she's pretty much the same age as me. I'm slightly freaking out. Why has this affected me so badly? I genuinely feel devastated. And her poor poor children. It's triggered me - I didn't ever think I was someone who was even trigger-able.

Am I going mad? And why oh why have I cut again after 2 years free. I have a lovely boyfriend - he's going to be devastated. I can't tell him it's over a celebrity for fucks sake.

I am in no way an expert.

But I was wondering if her tragic,early and so far unexplained death was going to be a trigger for some people.

fwiw,I dont think you are going to be the only one who is may have affected in much the same way.

The celebrity culture now seems huge in this country, and rightly or wrongly, does affect peoples' lives.

this not is.

Thanks cups. I do feel a bit better today, but I'm still a bit shell shocked that it's affected me like this. It's probably been in the post (lots else going on that by its own right could have caused this) but I feel a bit that it's been this. Think I possibly need to consider Coping strategies again (joy)

I imagine lots of people who never knew her are feeling bad. Thoughts about those who die young? Worries about leaving our children behind etc?
I'm so sorry you are feeling this way.

Deal I'm sorry to hear that. I don't cut but I get crippling anxiety especially surrounding my children and family and I have been in tears over Peaches Geldof's death on and off since I heard yesterday which seems extreme but it's true.

I didn't even like her as a celebrity that much until she had children, I think it's just that she is only a little younger than me and also has two boys. I sobbed like a child reading about her describing motherhood in a recent interview.

The thought of being torn away from my family like she has been terrifies me. I feel genuinely heartbroken when I think of her children.

Mental health and celebrity is a big thing when you have a vulnerability even if like me, you don't follow the media much. I work with someone who had a breakdown when Princess Diana died. If you met her, you would never think it. I hope you start feeling better soon.