What Is Self-Injury or Self-Mutilation?
Self-injury is not something people talk about very often, but for an estimated 2 to 3 million Americans it is a serious problem. The majority of people who self-injure are women between the ages of 13 and 30, but there are “cutters” of every age, gender, and economic group. People who “self-injure” are not usually suicidal. They do however, intentionally inflict injuries upon themselves, usually in response to stress or trauma. Their injuries may vary from minor cuts that heal quickly to very serious wounds that leave permanent scars. This is also known as “Deliberate Self-Harm Syndrome”. If you or someone you know self-injures, please get professional help right away. This is just an overview of a very complex myriad of syndromes. Self-injury usually indicates that somewhere during development that person didn’t learn good ways of coping with overwhelming feelings or stress. They re not sick or insane; they just never learned positive ways to deal with feelings and emotions for vario
