The Butterfly Affect is a project to bring awareness and help support youth struggling with self harm and suicide. Draw a butterfly on the inside of your wrist for yourself or someone you care about. If that person self harms, it kills the butterfly, whether it’s on their wrist or not. So don’t harm the butterfly regardless if it’s yours or someone who made one in support of you.
How we were created
Our group was created by a girl whose best friend suffered from depression. The girls best friend felt very alone in the world and would occasionally cause herself harm. The girl then talked to a bunch of school mates and on Monday when her best friend came to school, 83 people wore a butterfly for her. It made the best friend realize how many people would be affected by her death. It finally made the best friend realize how many people cared about her. The next day 204 people wore her butterfly. The day after that a team was created to help other people who need butterfly’s.