Synopsis

Abbie, Louise and Nicole have burned themselves with everything from heated metal to cigarettes, stabbed needles into their skin, punched the wall and thrown themselves down the stairs… They were fighting against “feeling unreal”, against the inability to cry and express emotions, the urge to cut away “the monster inside themselves”. This film explores the impulses that cause some young people to self-harm and the relief that physical pain seemingly provides from the emotional pain they suffer.