Self-injury is when you hurt yourself as a way of dealing with very difficult feelings, overwhelming situations, past experiences. It is when somebody intentionally damages or injures their body. It is usually a way of coping with or expressing overwhelming emotional distress.
However, the intention is to punish themselves, express their distress or relieve unbearable tension. It is a mixture of all in some cases. Many who injure themselves use it as a measure to cry for help.
The act looks much like suicidal, therefore it becomes very confusing and frightening for people who witnessed it but doesn't understand self-injury to figure it out.
Self injury involves the following behaviors
Burning oneself
Cutting the skin
Jumping from high-rise
Drug overdose
Punching oneself with objects
The causes of Self-Injury include
Financial worries
Sexual abuse
Physical abuse
Mental Health Problems
Relationship breakup
Depression
Recurring issues
Pressures
However self-injury is bad but some individuals can't cope with certain emotional problems, they rather settle for a self inflicted injury on themselves as a means of transforming emotional pains into physical pains.
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