Brenda Nyamunda April 24 2013 Cutting SelfHarm Selfharm

Brenda Nyamunda April, 24, 2013 Cutting& Self-Harm

Self-harm • Self-harm can be a way of coping with problems. It may help you express feelings you can’t put into words, distract you from your life, or release emotional pain. Afterwards, you probably feel better at least for a little while. But then the painful feelings return, and you feel the urge to hurt yourself again. There’s not really a cure for this but talking to a professional therapist.

• Self-harm or cutting yourself usually helps Express feelings you can’t put into words, Releasing the pain and tension you feel inside, Helping you feel in control, Distracting you from overwhelming emotions or difficult life circumstances, Relieving guilt and punishing yourself, Making you feel alive, or simply feel something instead of feeling numb.

Facts • Self-harm is a way of expressing and dealing with deep distress and emotional pain. • To Most cutters Injuring there self is the only way they know how to cope with feelings like sadness, self-loathing, emptiness, guilt, and rage. • Cutting or self-harm are considered Taboo in Most Countries. • Self-harm can also include less obvious ways of hurting yourself or putting yourself in danger, such as driving recklessly, taking too many drugs, and having unsafe sex.

Signs & Symptoms of Cutting and self-harm • cutting or severely • People would want to scratching your skin learn about this in the • burning yourself future because this is a • hitting yourself or banging your head topic that’s been there for • punching things or throwing a while but haven’t really your body against walls and hard objects been talked a lot about. • sticking objects into your learning about this in the skin future will educate people • intentionally preventing wounds from healing more and give them an • swallowing poisonous awareness. substances or inappropriate objects http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. Xiu. Xb. Oyfc