Why is the topic of self harm and ways to cope with it not brought up more?

Simple answer is that it makes a wide array of people uncomfortable. First, many who do not self harm find the topic disturbing or uncomfortable to deal with. Second, Those who are currently struggling with self harm may find the topic to be triggering, or might not feel comfortable talking about it because of shame. Finally, those who used to self harm but have stopped might find it triggering. All this said, I believe it is an important topic to discuss, especially in an open and accepting community such as this.

I believe it is because self harm's looked at as a means of getting attention and not as an actual serious problem as it is. People don't realize what a serious problem it is and how debilitating it us in a person's life

It is hard for me to answer this, but I think it's because it is a very hard topic to discuss, due to it being a sensitive subject.

It's not really in our social norm. However, these thing do need to be addressed because there are some people who self harm but don't know how to cope. Society mostly says if you don't look this way or act this way your not perfect, and we are taught to keep to ourselves. However if enough people stand up to make a change there will be, all something needs to gain attention are people. After its not objects or animals that change society it's people.

Because it can be a difficult topic for some people, the topic is generally not looked at as commonly as other topics.

Because people thi k we self harm to gain attention so we and our problems are ignored. According to people we are attention seekers but we're not.

A lot of people who engage in this type of behavior are also struggling with the stigma that is attached to mental health issues and self-harm behaviors.

Self Harm is a hard topic to talk about, first of all if you are a self-harmer yourself or have been one, there is a sort of shame, at least that's how I've felt, to it and talking about it in general, to people who have never done it, is scary because they could not understand or just freak out. Also, I think teachers and parents don't want to talk about it because their is a fear of putting the idea into your child's or students heads and finding out that they have self harmed is painful and upsetting.

There seems to be such a taboo around the subject of self harm, which is why sufferers often feel like they cannot find help, which really needs to change. It shouldn't be ignored anymore

Self-harm is kind of a taboo subject (not saying it should be, but it unfortunately is). It's rarely discussed openly, especially in health classes. There is a lot of stigma surrounding it and there needs to be more information so that people are educated on how to cope with it if they are dealing with it themselves, or the best way to help a friend that may be struggling.