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Shirley Manson: "I Have Great Empathy For Self-Harmers"

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Rocker Shirley Manson has opened up about her self-harming past, insisting she relates to fans who are struggling with feelings of "worthlessness".

The Garbage singer accepts many of her devotees are hypersensitive to remarks and actions and she can only hope that her music helps them through difficult periods in their lives.

She tells Instinct magazine, "As a former self-harmer myself, I really do relate to anyone who is suffering so acutely from feelings of worthlessness that they attack themselves. That's born of a feeling of not being heard.

"It's such a gentle person usually who turns in on themselves, like they'd rather hurt themselves than hurt somebody else.

"I do feel a lot of empathy toward people who suffer like that, or what I like to call hypersensitivity. It's a form of intelligence in a funny way; you're reading things that most people are blind or deaf to."



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ruby_winchester 30th-Apr-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
I have Dermatillomania as well and it's an awful thing. I have periods of time where it's worse than other times. For me it seems to get worse with stress.
*hugs*
<3

la_fours 30th-Apr-2012 06:18 am (UTC)
I'm sorry that you're going through it too. It's hard not to feel ashamed or weird, but if you can find someone you trust that you can talk to about it it can help somewhat. Having support can make such a difference.

Take care and hugs back.
ruby_winchester 30th-Apr-2012 06:58 am (UTC)
Yeah it is. My family is very supportive of me even though they don't understand what i'm going through. I have a good psychiatrist as well.
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