I think raising awareness is very important. I suffer from depression and anxiety disorders and began to self-harm in my early teens, because it was the only way I could stop myself from thinking about suicide. No-body had ever told me how addictive it was, and 8 years later I am still an addict (though I re-lapse very rarely). It can ruin your life, its ruined relationships, put me in hospital, and turned me to drinking (which I have since given up- yay!) Also people at school who found out seemed to think I was doing it for attention/sympathy/or as a bloody fashion statement (that freakin' 'emo' tag), and I ended up getting bullied, which of course made it worse. Educating people about the addictive nature of it, the way it can affect a range of people (and not just troubled teenagers) could really help a lot.

Admin in schools has been really sucking these days. They make rules and do stuff that makes no sense whatsoever.

Just how graphic was it? It was against self harm wasn't it?

I'm so glad you're proactive enough to have gotten this far. Take your story to the papers, they can't ignore issues like this!

Why were you posting stuff at your school without notifying your principal first?

That really does suck. Well you're one of my favorite people now (and I don't even know you) for trying to raise awareness for it.