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Self-injury: ‘It’s been nearly 10 years since I last cut myself’
I was desperate to be a smarter, wittier, prettier, more successful version of myself. Self-injury: ‘It’s been nearly 10 years since I last cut myself’ By Susan Jennings This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the first column I ever wrote for the York Daily Record. I tend not to get too excited about anniversaries, but this one feels different. The column I wrote was about my own struggles with cutting. At 23, I was a mess. I was desperate to be a smarter, wittier, prettier, more successful version of myself. Terrified about not knowing what I should do or who I should be. Convinced I’d never live up to…
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Borderline personality disorder is a hurtful label for real suffering – time we changed it
Research shows people seeking treatment for self-inflicted harm, including taking medication overdoses, are often seen as “difficult”, a “nuisance” or just indulging in “bad behaviour”. Borderline personality disorder is a hurtful label for real suffering – time we changed it Jayashri Kulkarni Professor of Psychiatry at Monash University Trigger warning: the following article has a graphic description of self-harm. Standing in the cold, dark bathroom, she hacked into her wrist with a razor blade and quietly stared at the blood that flowed from the cut. She told herself she was a bad person and deserved the pain. A part of her felt reassured by the sight of the blood –…
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Teens and Cutting, What’s Going On?
A World Health Organization (WHO) survey in England reported a three-fold increase over the last decade in the number of adolescents (ages 11, 13, and 15) who have self-harmed. Teens and Cutting, What’s Going On? Uploaded: Mar 29, 2015 By Caroline Fleck When I was in high school, there were rumors about kids who cut themselves or had attempted suicide. These were serious allegations with serious social implications. Not surprisingly, these rumors were few and far between. While training to become a psychologist, I decided to specialize in treatments for self-injury and suicidality. Although I liked working with adolescents, there wasn’t a lot of research on treatments for adolescents with…
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Self injury is not for seeking attention
“There is a strong relationship between depression and high-risk behaviors,” says Pamela Cantor, PhD. Self injury is not for seeking attention I have a fifteen year old daughter. She is a bright student from all these years. She started cutting her wrist, thighs and other body parts since a year. From childhood, she was a non obedient kid, but from last few months it has been increasing. It has come to my knowledge that she is being bullied and teased at school. I tried talking to school management but she is still unhappy. She has drastic mood swings which are resulting in hurting herself. I believe that she is doing…
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Interventions Helpful In Preventing Suicide Attempts
Findings revealed that all three of the treatments made a significant difference in these women’s lives, reducing the severity of intentional self-injury, the number of suicide attempts and overall reason for living. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Interventions Helpful In Preventing Suicide Attempts Kathleen Lees First Posted: Mar 25, 2015 06:15 PM EDT New findings published in JAMA Psychiatry have shown that a variety of dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) interventions have be found helpful in preventing suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury acts when reviewed in a randomized clinical trial of women who were dealing with a borderline personality disorder (BPD). Women who are suffering with BPD oftentimes have a heightened fear of…
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Self-injury, or cutting, needs understanding
Though it seems counterintuitive, self-injury is often done with the intention of providing relief to the person injuring himself. Self-injury, or cutting, needs understanding By Traci Lowenthal POSTED: 02/28/15, 8:18 PM PST What do you think of when you read the phrase “self-injury”? For some, this might be a completely new term, as the more commonly used word for it is “cutting.” Today is Self-Injury Awareness Day. It’s incredibly important to understand what self-injury is and what it is not, and to understand why people injure themselves, as well as what can be done about it. WHAT IS SELF-INJURY? Self-injurious behaviors are intentional behaviors that result in the damage of…
