I guard the words. I keep them tenderly, express them with my tangled flesh and tattered tongue. Words that form stories, or tales, or patterns. Words that can but hint at the delights of damnation, of the ultimate pleasures that wait for them all on the beyond-side of pain.
My name is Gabrielle and I am twenty-eight years old. I began to self-injure at age fifteen -- so nearly thirteen years -- minus a two year period. This website was made to let self-injurers know that they are not alone and to help their friends and family learn more about self-injury and how it affects their loved one.