Self Injury; I cut myself and can’t stop
Self-injury (SI) is also occasionally called ‘self harm’ or ‘deliberate self-harm’ (DSH) or sometimes ‘parasuicide’.
Self-injury is a person hurting himself or herself deliberately, usually on a regular basis, through a range of methods, but most generally burning, cutting or poisoning.
Self-injury is typically a way of coping with complicated or painful emotions.
Person who do self-injure have frequently lived through very difficult and painful experiences and explain their behavior as a way of coping with irresistible feelings and gaining a sense of control.
Person who self-injured were more likely to have difficult things experience in their lives, for examples, troubles with schoolwork, fights at home and with friends, someone close to them who isn’t well or dying, or boyfriend or girlfriend problems.
Frequently people who self-injure don’t want anyone to know about it and are very cautious which can make it hard for friends or family to recognize what’s going on and to help.
Methods of self injury recovery
The primary step is learning how to cause the least possible damage.
Substituting self-injury with a different way of dealing with difficult feelings. For example when there is the urge to self-injure people have recommended:
Hitting or screaming into a pillow.
Bodily exercise – to relieve tension and improve mood.
Make lots of noise, e.g. musical instrument or just banging on pots and pans.
Writing negative feelings on a piece of paper and then ripping it up or keeping a journal.
Search online and looking at self-help blog or websites.