Self-Injury

Self-injury is deliberate injury inflicted by a person upon his or her own body. Some scholars use more technical definitions related to specific aspects of this behavior. These acts may be aimed at relieving otherwise unbearable emotions, sensations of unreality and numbness. Self-injury is generally considered a social taboo. It is listed in the DSM-IV-TR as a symptom of borderline personality disorder and is sometimes associated with mental illness, a history of trauma and abuse, eating disorders, or mental traits such as low self-esteem or perfectionism. There is a positive statistical correlation between self-injury and emotional abuse.

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Related Links:

• American Self-Harm Information Clearinghouse
• Self-Injury.net
• Mayo Clinic

Recent Hope Cube Blog Entries For Self-Injury

• Bulemia Sat, July 19, 2008 - [view]
  When this all started I had absolutely no appetite and I lost 35 lbs between November and February. Now I have this thing about keeping my weight under control or mostly losing more. So, I have started making myself throw up after I eat. I really don't do any binge eating, I just throw up after meals. I can't understand why I have gotten so self destructive. What is wrong with me? When I was younger I seemed so well adjusted although I did hide things as well. Yesterday when I went to my psychiatrist he said, "Don't give up, I haven't." And I proceeded to tell him that I am not far from giving up. I have been fighting this round of depression for nine years and I am getting tired of fighting. I just can't seem to get a grip on this and I am getting extremely frustrated. Also, I am ...
• Hate life. Thu, July 17, 2008 - [view]
  Been gone a while ):I'm back to hating the shit out of life again. Really with I could die, or that one of these annoyances did, it would make things a lot easier. I cut myself a bit hoping it would make me feel better, I still feel lousy, if not even more aggravated with this life. 
• Yay! Mon, July 07, 2008 - [view]
  Well, to answer my past blog, I DID NOT cut! woot! anyway,my anime came out so i'm no longer upset about that. Uhm... I'm doing okay now. I think that's about it. Thanks for listening to me. FyreSakura 
• What A Low Night Sun, July 06, 2008 - [view]
  Hi everyone. It's been a while. Right now i'm in a very low rut. it's late and i'm having trouble falling asleep. i'm depressed, and am trying to avoid cutting myself. i've been so good too. i've been crying on and off for the past 2 hours. i even had a slight...idk, vision? fantasy? dream?... about when i would cut and how i wanna do it again. i'm doing okay tho, i'm basically just pms-ing because i've got major cramps and they're driving me insane. i know it's not really a good idea, but i took twice my recommended dosage of painkillers to see if it'll help me to fall asleep and/or kill the cramps. i did that before and i was fine, so i did it again. uhm... i'm really upset because i can't find the the new episode of my anime...
• Finding a New Method Sun, June 29, 2008 - [view]
   Because it's summer now I have a hard time finding places to cut that people won't see. Usually I use my arms or my legs, places that are normally covered by my clothing although I have cut on  my abdomen a few times. However, I have found a new way to self injure and that is using ways to bruise myself. One thing about bruises is I can just tell people I fell (which I do alot because some of my medication makes me unsteady). I use various methods to cause the bruises. Has anyone out there used this method to self injure? Also,I went to the doctor the other day and he found out that I am still not eating much. I'm just not hungry so why eat. He also asked me if there is any type of behaviors such as making myself throw up. I sort of lied to him. I told him no but the truth is...