SELF-INJURY
DISCLAIMER: This
page or the pages that it links to are for informational purposes only. This page
is not a substitute for professional help.
Self-Injury is deliberately hurting yourself
without the intent to commit suicide. Besides self-injury, it is also reffered
to as self-abuse, self-harm and self mutilation. The majority of people
who self-injure are women. The main reason for this is that men tend to
display their agression-hurt-pain outwardly towards other people or inantimate
objects. Women, on the other hand, tend to turn that hurt and pain inward
upon themselves. The majority of women who self-injure have been sexually
or physically abused.
There are many methods a self-injurer
may use.
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The most common is cutting (using razor
blades or broken glass)
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Burning
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Scratching
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Picking of healing wounds
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Headbanging
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The breaking of bones.
The reasons why someone self-injures
are numerous and each time it is done, it does not neccesarily have to
be for the same reason. Some of the reasons are:
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Relief from psychological pain
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Release of mounting tension
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Inability to feel
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Feeling too much
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Inability to handle any kind of feeling-good
or bad
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Wanting to feel something
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Expressing anger
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And sometimes self-injury is even used
for getting attention-although in the majority of cases this is not true.
For more information on self-injury please
visit the links below, there is a wealth of information there. While this
behavior is becoming more and more known in society, I am sure there will
be more information available. I will keep updating this page as the information
becomes available.
Links
to other Self-Injury sites
Links
to Sexual Abuse Sites
My
Poetry
Friends From the Web
Poetry
My
Story
Alternatives
to Self-Injury
Puzzles
& Games to keep you distracted
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Last updated on 1/18/98
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