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		<title>Self-injury and neurodivergence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dermatillomania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurodivergence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skin picking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christina shares her skin picking journey and how understanding neurodivergence has helped her mental health.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Please donate each month via PayPal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wedge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organisation Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’re asking for a little bit, every month - to help us reinvigorate our approach to self-injury awareness and support.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Autism, emotions, and self-injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jay talks about his self-discovery journey from frustration to identity.]]></description>
		
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		<title>I wear many hats – nursing, teaching, self-injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leah talks about her teaching, nursing, and self-injury.]]></description>
		
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		<title>SIAD Self-Injury Action Day</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/siad-self-injury-action-day/</link>
					<comments>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/siad-self-injury-action-day/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wedge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD]]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refresh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Self-Injury Awareness Day has been going for decades. Maybe it’s time it became Self-Injury *Action* Day.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The next 21 years</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/the-next-21-years/</link>
					<comments>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/the-next-21-years/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wedge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refresh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[LifeSIGNS is back, or at least we will be once we've recruited a new management team and redeveloped our approach to awareness and support.]]></description>
		
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		<title>New website design</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/new-website-design/</link>
					<comments>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/new-website-design/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wedge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our Website and the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refresh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A clean and clear site, but we've a lot still to improve.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A transgender person’s experience of self-injury</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/a-transgender-persons-experience-of-self-injury/</link>
					<comments>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/a-transgender-persons-experience-of-self-injury/#respond</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 07:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dysmophia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben explains how he relied on self-injury to cope as they realised they needed to transition, and then experienced difficulties in accessing medical resources]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5584</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>What good is an awareness day? What about tomorrow?</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/what-good-is-an-awareness-day-what-about-tomorrow/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jules]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Self-Injury Awareness Day [SIAD]]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day, but what good is awareness? And what about tomorrow?]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5517</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>Attention seekers</title>
		<link>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/attention-seekers/</link>
					<comments>https://www.lifesigns.org.uk/attention-seekers/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jules]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attention]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[How we react to other people’s behaviour is often a reflection of our own perceptions and prejudices.]]></description>
		
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