Self Injury Cutting And Its Effects

If you ask 100 people why they self harm, you'll get 100 different answers. There are physical reasons, such as pain or the sudden rush of chemicals that make you borderline high. Wanting to get scars and see blood, or trying to escape numbness or dissociation. At a more extreme

I used to be a cutter… but shh, don’t tell. Society didn't allow me to express my pain that way…Today’s society refuses to acknowledge many problems that teens deal with. People would rather believe in ‘happily ever after’ than face the truth, children are suffering. While it may seem to others that the problems are made up, its very real to the one dealing with them everyday. This suffering can leave permanent scars, and damage (if not ruin) their future. By remaining ignorant, self harm becomes more and more common, but at what cost? If educators and medical personnel were to be more educated on self harm and how to deal with it, teens and young adults would be more comfortable asking for help. Getttig rid of the stereotypes that

Sommers-Flanagan and Gil (2014) indicate that cutting is an effective regulation activity for children struggling with emotional regulation skills. However when this behavior crosses over to suicidal tendencies is when the emotional regulation activity is no longer effective, and the risks of suicide

For the past decades, knowledge about Non suicidal self-injury (NSSI) was only limited and because of that a lot of psychologists are being curious about it. In nineteenth-century, some psychiatrist describes the difference between the self-harm with or without the intent to die, between psychotic and those who were not and also between individuals who harm themselves in a serious or single act that can be lethal and those who harm themselves repeatedly. So we can say that in 19th century NSSI disorder are being introduced already. In spite of our lack of

In conclusion, you can take back control of your body from the inside. You cut because you do not feel in control. Some people give the power to the medication and stop there; this is not the best path. Take medication if you must but do not stop at pills. There is a new technique that has been helping many people with depression self help in an amazing way. It is a new approach discovered by a filmmaker that has been having great success with self harm thoughts, it involves no doctors, and no therapy, actually the depressed person heals alone. You are filled back up, replacing with is missing and causing the depression. You heal yourself alone and this depression self help is effective. It is an inside-out treatment that has been helping teens

It can cause psychological distress, substance abuse, and even suicide. Psychological distress can affect your level of functioning, the way you feel about yourself, the way you feel about others. A victim can start to believe they aren't worth anything, which can lead to other affects including bullying others, drugs and even suicide. They may turn to cigarettes, alcohol, marijuanna, pills, and even harder substances such as herion. These drugs may make a person feel calm. What most people don't realize is that these drugs can lead to depressing thoughts, cutting themselves and suicidal tendencies. They cut themselves to release the pain they feel within. Most of the time, cutting themselves isn't enough, so they take it a step further and try to commit suicide just to end the pain, to end the torment, to end the anguish and the need to get away from it

Cutting yourself is something most people would never even think of doing, but for others, cutting may be done on a regular basis and could be considered a form of addiction. Cutting yourself may start off being an impulsive response to anger, frustration, or some other emotional feeling that you may be feeling, but often turns into a compulsive behavior that seems impossible to stop. Self-harm or cutting is more common than people may think. It occurs when no one else is around and most people will hide the marks under clothing or jewelry. It is not something as visual as someone with a drug or alcohol addiction.

A useful definition of self-harm is from Professor Keith Hawton (Hawton et al., 2006. p29). An act with a non-fatal outcome in which an individual deliberately did one or more of the following;

"I lower the blade to the…inside of my arm…I quickly make a two inch slash. I know not to go too deep. And when I’m in control…I can do it just right. And just like that, I’m done. I hardly feel the pain of the cut at all. It’s like it doesn’t even hurt” (Elliott). This might sound harsh more a majority of people, but out of one and twelve teenagers this is a reality. Cutting or also known as self-harm are behaviors in which a person injures his or her own body. The behaviors these people are acting upon are usually not suicide attempts. A few examples are self-harm include head banging, burning, pulling hair, and cutting. This very bad and addictive activity that is pretty quiet and known. What a lot of people do not know is why people start

In junior high, I struggled with my self-image. I was constantly critiqued on grades, looks, and personality. I would come home almost daily and wonder if people were right. What if I was useless, ugly, and an idiot? I hated myself. But there was a point where it became too much for me, and I began to self-harm. Most people assume self-harm is for attention, but they’re wrong. Self-harm is a way people take their minds off their mental pain and compel their brain to focus on the physical pain. I struggled to hide my cuts from my friends and family. One day my mother noticed the cuts on my wrists and immediately forced me into counseling. The first few times I went I wouldn’t talk much about what I was feeling, usually, I would only answer questions

Regardless its familiarity in the midst of teenagers today, God has always ruled against self-harm. Believe it or not, self-harm has been around for centuries. The false worshippers of Baal in the Old Testament cut themselves as an

I was appalled to find there are multiple forms of self-harm, and that specific self-mutilation is one of the few. Lip biting, scab picking, fingernail chewing, cutting, burning, eating disorders, the list goes on. Most are caused by anxiety driven tendencies: picking at dead skin, or fiddling with fingernails, everyone does though right? Even still, because there is stress, it is a form of self harm. Something so small, one would think it wouldn’t be such a big deal. However, self harm related suicides are rising in numbers with each passing month. With self-harm becoming a go-to “escape” for those who are pressed far down into a hole, depression is more than a temporary sadness. Three people I know have died due to self-harm related

Define Self Injury: Self-injury (SI) - “is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself” (“Self-injury/Cutting”). This act isn’t normally meant as a suicide attempt, it is often done impulsively. Self-injury is more of a way to manage or cope with emotional pain, intense anger and or frustration. Also “the person has a hard time regulating, expressing or understanding emotions. The mix of emotions that triggers self-injury is complex (“Self-Injury/Cutting”). Self-injury can be considered as a desire or a control behavior problem.”

     Cutting is a very touchy subject, people don’t like to talk about it and because of that people tend to feel that they are the only one in the world who does it. Now because of the internet and such people can become more aware of others all around that world who do it too. They can become more aware about why they feel the need to cut and by identifying the problem help to find a way to stop. I have conducted two personal interviews of females between the ages of 13-18 who wish to remain anonymous. They went as follows…

Although most individuals who self-injure do not have the intent to die by suicide, some experience suicide ideation; and instances of self-harm in individuals contemplating suicide could be a trial of self-destructive behavior, which could lead to attempting suicide (Briere & Gill,