A while ago I read something about The Butterfly Project. It’s a project to help self-harmers to stop with self-harm. I wanted to share this with the people here, so I decided to make a post with the rules and how to. I am also a cutter for exactly one year now. I really want to join this project one day, but I feel I’m not ready for it yet.
The Butterfly Project
The Rules:
1. When you feel like you want to cut, take a marker, pen, or sharpies and draw a butterfly on the place you want to cut.
2. Name the butterfly after a loved one, or someone that really wants you to get better. (You can also draw that name by the butterfly)
3. You must let the butterfly fade naturally. NO scrubbing it off.
4. If you cut before the butterfly is gone, you’ve killed it. If you dont cut, it lives.
5. If you have more than one butterfly, cutting kills all of them.
6. Another person may draw them on you. These butterflies are extra special. Take good care of them.
7. Even if you don’t cut, feel free to draw a butterfly anyways, to show your support. If you do this, name it after someone you know that cuts or is suffering right now, and tell them. It could help.
If you want to make it harder, you can draw a caterpillar and when that fades a cocoon and if that fade away a butterfly.
I hope that I can inspire people with this.
Love,
Engeltje
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and what if you LIKE to do it.
What if there is no reason NOT to harm. On Friday I did 2,013 cuts on my thighs (not deep and not long, just nice little cuts). I plan on doing a lot MORE today.
If the butterfly thing works for some – great. But, sorry – no little picture or huggy feely crap is gonna stop me from doing what i need to do.
@uselessme,
It only works if you feel deep in your heart you don’t want to self-harm anymore. It can also be that you really like it, but also don’t want it. But you need a feeling that you wanted to stop, otherwise it won’t help. Why do you want to make more and more cuts and break your record??
cuz i LIKE it.
I LIKE the patterns on my skin. It looks like a funky weave of cuts. Sometimes i do pictures or designs (but i suck at art)…
i suppose it is just me building up for my eventual ending. I would LOVE for it to be today, but I dont think that i will have the guts to do it today.
got 3000 more in before 9 am. I KNOW I can get at least 5k today, maybe 10.
Simply by bus!
Sure, i will gradually tell you more about myself
for instance im not a cutter and i’ve never had the tended.
my main problem comes down on trusting people and that means for everybody..friends,family etc. Its all begins when i was 16 and had my first suicidal thoughts, at that moment i saw that there was no future for me if nothing would change! Both my parents were not there for me, i was not worth there time or energy it also gives me the feeling that i was not needed. besides that it is how i missed my basic parenting, but i gave myself some time to develop myself and im now 21 and become isolated because i can not fulfill my standards
so this is a start ; )
@Boot777,
Did your bus had no delay?? Because yesterday I went by bus to Schiphol and wanted to take the train to Amsterdam, but almost all the trains to Amsterdam were cancelled -.-.
Thanks for telling something about yourself, now I know a little bit more about you. If you ever have any questions for me, don’t hesitate. Be glad you are not a cutter and that you never had the tended, it’s not a easy thing to live with. The dutch people also don’t accept it. They call you emo, crazy and stuff. Do you have any idea how you got those suicidal thoughts?? I am 16 now and got suicidal thoughts since I was 11 years old. I hope you will have a brighter future. Thanks that you wanted to tell something about yourself.