It used to be a lot worse. I've been self harming since I was about 6 which is way over 30 years ago. No one knew anything about it, even doctors. I lied about it to everyone. Now we have the internet where there is a lot of knowledge and also doctors and therapists tend to know way more about it than they did 30 years ago. So at least there are people who can relate and try to understand and help now.

But in a way it's good because it means that most people don't do this.