Author name: Sift Team

By Jennifer Reese. For twenty years I have not dressed according to the weather or the occasion. I don’t choose an outfit based on if it’s going to rain. My clothing is dictated by how much I want other people to know about me. I own a lot of cardigans. A t-shirt without a jumper

By Sonia. “She’s looking for attention”.  “She’s manipulative”.  Just some of the things my Psychiatrist told my parents about my self harm among other things, alongside forcing me to sign a contract that meant that if I hurt myself or tried to end my life, I would be discharged (this included talking to the team

By Hazel Cornhill. For months I would go to the areas of town where lone women were told not to go.  I would purposely go to the places and do the things that I knew were putting me at risk. I fooled myself into thinking I was in control, that it was a calculated risk.