Although deliberate and informed self-harm as a condition is considered somewhat more rare, many psychologists believe that virtually unnoticeable and often unconsidered acts of self-harm (such as punching the wall in order to feel the impact on your fist) happen to the majority of the population on a regular basis. Read more →
While it can be hard for people to understand self-harm until they experience it themselves there are a multitude of natural psychological and physiological experiences for which this is true. Read more →
From a cultural stand-point it may be interesting to note that many, if not most people, believe that self-harm is among the most unfortunate forms of coping people can be driven to. Especially of note is that this trend also holds true for those who are completely aware of self-harm’s actual nature. Read more →
There is evidence which suggests self-harm may occasionally lead to accidental suicide due to carelessness brought on by intense emotions. Some self-harmers have gone to hospital barely surviving an unintentional near miss, while some suicide cases have revealed signs of struggle suggesting it was not entirely intentional. Read more →
The trend among people who overcome self-harm seems to be that they find they are able to be much more open about it after overcome it. However those who have reached this healthy state of acknowledging it as an issue they’ve had to overcome suggests that, although it becomes much easier to beat it, the urge to self-harm never fully… Read more →
Self-harm is one of a variety of self-destructive tendencies, and while they often have different causes they can often share similar emotional charges. Read more →
Self harm has historically been seen in many lights by many cultures. However whether it was regarded as a sign of insanity, in spiritual insight, or simply someone with a rough life the dangers it causes were still considered. Read more →
It has been proven that a dependency on self-harm leads to more than an emotional dependency; brain-scan techniques have revealed a tendency for self-harm to become physiologically addictive. Read more →
Though unhealthy and potentially extremely risky, self-harm is a relatively normal response to extreme circumstances. This however does not make it a desirable habit. Read more →
There is a very large number of possible reasons why people might self-harm which, combined with how personal an issue self-harm is for most who do it, makes it very difficult for people to keep an eye out for. Read more →
