Self-harming put world on pause for me, says teen

A mother and her teenage son gave a rare insight into the trauma of self-harm yesterday.

Dara and Eoghan — who only wanted to be identified by their first names — said it was talking about the problem rather than medication that had worked best for them.

Eoghan told a major conference on self-injury in Trinity College Dublin, that he first became depressed when he was 15 years old because he was unhappy at school.