What is the Butterfly Project?

Everytime when you want to hurt yourself you draw a butterfly on your skin. Every butterfly represents a person you love and when you hurt yourself again this butterfly dies

When you feel like you want to cut, take a marker, pen, or sharpies and draw a butterfly on your arm or hand. Name the butterfly after a loved one, or someone that really wants you to get better. You must let the butterfly fade naturally. NO scrubbing it off. If you cut before the butterfly is gone, you've killed it.

There are many different 'alternatives' to self-harm that someone may use when they are recovering from a self-harm addiction. A common alternative is to draw where you would want to harm, and this can help some people to work through self-harm urges. The Butterfly Project encourages people to draw butterflies - as each butterfly is a symbol of courage, hope and a new start. The butterfly can also stop someone from cutting where they have drawn it - as it can be motivating to allow the butterfly to fade on its own. Whilst the butterfly project may be seen as 'beautiful' (and don't get me wrong - it is a lovely idea) let's not forget that self-harm is a symptom of emotional pain and that people who are going through this deserve both help and support. Self-harm is not beautiful, but recovery can be.

It's when you feel you want to cut but draw a butterfly on your hand. It is psychological and said to turn the negative energy into positive.

The Butterfly Project is a way to help stop self-harming. You (or someone important to you) draw a butterfly where you want to harm yourself, and if you harm yourself, the butterfly dies. If you free them, they free in return. The goal is to get as many butterflies as you can free.

Every time you want to self injure, you draw a butterfly on your skin and if you cut it dies. If someone else draws butterflies on you; those are extra special.

simply you draw a butterfly on your arm leg or any other place that you self harm and try not to self harm until that butterfly fades. you also must scrub the place and once it is faded you draw one more and try not to kill the butterflies

The butterfly project is something people who self-harm can use as a method to stop self-harming. They can draw butterflies on their wrists or wherever they cut/burn and name each butterfly if they choose to. If you cut before the butterfly fades away, the butterfly dies. The goal of this project is to help users stop harming themselves.

The butterfly project is for self harmers. You draw a butterfly on your wrist, thigh, hip, or anywhere else where you selfharm. You name your butterfly after someone you care about. The next time you want to self harm, you'll see the butterfly and remind yourself that there are people who care and who don't want you to hurt yourself :)

It's a project which is for people who selfharm and it's purpose is to help stop them from hurting themselves by drawing butterflies so they don't hurt the butterflies nor themselves