okay, so Hayley mentioned this in her stories recently, but now she has shared a reel on the topic - in terms of self harm, i fully appreciate that SH behaviours can take many forms, but i genuinely struggle to see how her therapist has decided that Hayley seeing out sad news stories/articles to read and details of true crime cases etc when she is struggling with feelings of depression, as a way to provoke herself into crying to release that build up of emotion is a form of self harm. like, crying is a healthy release of emotion, and while the stories she is reading may be distressing, she is doing it to trigger herself into crying, in the same way people may choose to watch a sad movie of they feel the need to cry but are struggling to actually do so. i am not in any way trying to impose rules about what constitutes SH and what does not, and it's certainly not as black and white as the stereotypical behaviours that spring to mind, but it honestly seems like a bit of a reach - especially from the perspective of a therapist. I can totally see Hayley herself labelling it as self harm, because she does love a label - but really?! finding a way to trigger yourself to release those emotions in a healthy way, by crying, doesn't seem to fit with SH - she isn't hurting herself, and the result is a healthy release of emotion, not a self-destructive one. maybe that's my interpretation and I am totally happy to be corrected, but she seems desperate to collect as many MH diagnoses as possible, and suddenly self harm has been added to her list, when in reality, she's saying that when she feels depressed, she has found a technique - which even as a deliberate choice, in the grand scheme of self-destructive behaviours is pretty safe - which helps her feel able to release the build up of emotions that feel trapped inside her by crying.