| There are many methods a self harmer may use here are the most common a self harmer will use: # The most common is cutting (usually with broken glass or a razor blade. # Burning # Scratching untill skin is broken and more often till it bleeds # Picking of healing wounds # Breaking of bones # attacking, normally punching or running into things in order to obtain bruses and receve pain. |
| ~Infomation on self harming~ |
| What is Self Harm? Self harm is deliberately hurting yourself without the intent to commit suicide. Besides self harm, it is also referred to as self abuse, self injury, and self mutilation. |
| The reasons why someone self harms are numerous and each time it is done, does not necessarily have to be for the same reason. some reasons are: # Relief from psychological pain # Release of mounting tension # Inability to feel # Feeling to much # Inability to handle any kind of feeling good or bad # Wanting to feel somthing # Expressing anger # And sometimes selfharm is even used for getting attention - although in the majority of cases this is not true. |
| How do you know if you self harm? it may seem and odd question to some, but a few people aren't sure if what they do is "really" self harm. Answer the following questions. |
| 1) Do you deliberately cause physical harm to yourself to the extent of causing tissue damage (breaking the skin, brusing, leaving marks that last for more than an hour)? 2) Do you cause this harm to yourself as a way of dealing with unpleasent or overwhelming emotions, thoughts, or situation (including dissociation)? 3) If your self harm is not compulsive, do you often think about selfharm even when youre relativly calm and not doing it at the moment? |
| If your answer to 1 and 2 are yes. you are a self harmer. If your answer to 3 is yes, you are most likley a repetive self harmer. |
| Psychological characteristics common in self-injures: |
| The overall picture seems to be people who: |
| # strongly dislike/invalidate themselves # are hypersensitive to rejection # are chronically angry, usually at themselves # tend to suppress their anger # have high levels of aggressive feelings, which they disapprove of strongly and often suppress directly inward. # are more impulsive and more lacking in impulse control # tend to act in accordence with their mood of the moment # tend not to plan for the future # are depressed and sucidal/ self destructive # suffer cronic anxiety # tend towards irritability # do not see themselves as skilled at coping # do not have flexible repertoire of coping skills # do not think they have much control over how/ whether they cope with life # tend to be avoidant # do not see themselves as empowered |
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