treetopperstiel:

garretthavke:

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#self harm for TS #I was crying when he was telling this story #because he was trying to be funny and make light of it #but you could see in his eyes #even from the back row #how he KNEW how vulnerable he was making himself #and just #misha #you share things with us that most people don’t share with their closest friends #your life #your ups and downs #and you do it all with a smile #even when it hurts #especially when it hurts #and people wonder why I admire you so much #IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCRUFF OR HANDS OR EYES #IT HAS TO DO WITH HEART

Misha is a huge inspiration to me, and as someone who self-harmed myself when I was younger (I still have the scars on my thighs, which make me really self-conscious) I wish he had been this famous and around when I was that age. I do think it would have had some sort of an impact on my younger self to see someone I look up to so much having engaged in similar activities and have gotten through it and become this amazing person now. I think it’s a good thing for people to be open (if they are completely okay and comfortable with it) about such things, especially someone like Misha who has such a large fanbase (even people who aren’t fans of him basically know his life story on tumblr), because then people out there may not feel so alone. Because they’re not alone, and if this man did such things and got through it, then maybe you can too.