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When kids learn to face their problems, they will quit self-harming, she adds. "Our goal is to get them to communicate what's wrong. Babies don't have the capacity for language, so they use behavior. These adolescents regress to that preverbal state when they self-harm."
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www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/cutting-self-harm-...
www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/cutting-self-harm-signs-treatment?page=4
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Cutting is usually a person's attempt at feeling better, not ending it all. Although some people who cut do attempt suicide, it's usually because of the emotional problems and pain that lie behind their desire to self-harm, not the cutting itself.
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kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.htm...
kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html
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Self-harm serves a function for the person who does it. If you can figure out what function the self-injury is serving then you can learn other ways to get those needs met which will reduce your desire to hurt yourself. ... Cutting or other self-injury provides a sense of relief; a release of the mounting tension...
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helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm
helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm
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The first time I heard of anyone cutting themselves was when I heard that my own niece had done this in approximately 1994. ... If someone has told you that they self-harm then it is because they trust you! This is often the biggest step for us because self-harm is not something we are proud of and often we go to great...
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eqi.org/cutting1.htm
eqi.org/cutting1.htm
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Cutting Self Injury Self harm and self mutilation ... What happens when I harm my body. How will my body react? What will I feel? Who will care? Usually, cutting is not a suicidal act. ... Walks the illusion of her self harm. Escape the pain, inflict the release; One more stripe laid down. Tears begin to flow in response;
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www.outcastpress.org/cutting/cutting.htm
www.outcastpress.org/cutting/cutting.htm
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This is also known as "Deliberate Self-Harm Syndrome". ... FINALLY, self-injury -- the practice of deliberately cutting, scratching, burning, or otherwise injuring one's own body -- was about to come out of the closet. After that interview thousands of self-injury survivors called or wrote the media in response to...
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www.essortment.com/articles/self-injury_100006.htm
www.essortment.com/articles/self-injury_100006.htm
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The third and most common form is Superficial self-mutilation which usually involves cutting, burning, hair-pulling, bone breaking, hitting, interference with wound healing and basically any method used to harm oneself.
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www.mirror-mirror.org/selfinj.htm
www.mirror-mirror.org/selfinj.htm
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Self-injury is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself. It's not meant as a ... Self-injury may accompany a variety of mental illnesses, such as depression, eating disorders and borderline personality disorder. Self-injury is also known as self-harm, self-injurious behavior,
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/self-injury/DS00775
www.mayoclinic.com/health/self-injury/DS00775
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