Many psychologists believe that recovery from the most extreme forms of issues like self-harm, eating disorders, or addictions to harmful substances require the subject to truly understand why they need to heal, which can unfortunately require the issues with it to painfully outnumber the reasons they do it. However few people reach that extreme and many can beat it simply… Read more →
Although there are few things about self-harm of which psychologists are completely certain of all evidence indicates that all self-harming individuals have the capability to overcome the temptation if they understand how to apply themselves to doing so. Read more →
Although it appears that everybody has the potential to develop self-harming tendencies there are certain groups more at risk. These include teenagers, abusive victims, prisoners, those with physical or emotional disabilities, the elderly, and those struggling with their sexuality. Read more →
While self-harm is confusing to many people, the growing access to information about it has allowed for a growing number of people who don’t self-harm to be able to help both those people who have become reliant on it, and society, to prevent it. Read more →
Self-harm is found mostly in highly intelligent animals, however it is not even limited to those groups. Read more →
Research indicates that although there is no clear and consistent connection between the amount of harm done and the emotional frustration leading to the incident of self-harm. However there is evidence that continued emotional repression can increase the severity of incidents over time. Read more →
Although the relationship between self-harm and suicide is not fully understand, research from several countries has shown that self-harm rates tend to rise and fall around the same time as suicide rates. However whether this reflects the relationship between the two or simply the national moods of those countries is debated. Read more →
Although abuse and isolation are known to be major risk-factors for developing self-harm tendencies, multiple issues which an individual is struggling to process seems to be a more common trend among self-harming individuals, however they are not always aware themselves of these issues. Read more →
Most people who overcome self-harm do not do so through fear of it or by being ashamed of it, but by understanding why they do not and should not want to do it. Read more →
Contrary to earlier research which theorised self-harm was most common among those who were dominated by their emotion, the best and latest research suggests that most individuals who self-harm are difficult to identify because they look like everyone else, and they tend to be particularly likeable and intelligent. Read more →
