As part of the BBC Headroom campaign, Video Nation looks at how people have overcome self-harming and the effect it has had on their physical and mental health.

In this series of short films, contributors talk about how they have overcome self-harming and it's long term effects. They describe what they do to deal with daily life to improve their situation and fight the urge to self harm.

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