Who Self-injures?

• Strongly dislike/invalidate themselves
• Hypersensitive to rejection
• Chronically angry, usually at themselves
• Suppress their anger
• More impulsive and more lacking in impulse control
• Act in accordance with their mood of the moment
• Do not plan for the future
• Depressed and suicidal/self-destructive
• Suffer chronic anxiety
• Tend toward irritability
• Do not see themselves as skilled at coping
• Do not have a flexible repertoire of coping skills
• Not much control over how/whether they cope with life
• Tend to be avoidant
• Do not see themselves as empowered
• Cannot regulate their emotions well
• Biologically-based impulsivity.
• They tend to be somewhat aggressive
• Mood at the time of the injuries are greatly intensified