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.

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: 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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