Well it is often suggested that self-harm is more of a concern for women, more recent research suggests that it is just a big a problem with men. Read more →

Well it is often suggested that self-harm is more of a concern for women, more recent research suggests that it is just a big a problem with men. Read more →
Self-harm seems to be much more common in people who are ‘not comfortable in their own skin’. Read more →
There are numerous reasons for self-harm and there are several situations, conditions, emotions for which it can feel to the person like a useful medication. However mainstream psychology has not found a situation for which it would be an effective treatment. Read more →
Emotional stability, which makes self-harm far less likely, is hard to re-establish after it has been disturbed, but can be reasonably easy to maintain once it has been restored. Read more →
Unfortunately, self-harm is not an easy thing to beat. However it is entirely possible to beat. Read more →
Self-harm is not a useful tool for any deep emotional processing; it just displaces emotion in such a way as to give the feelings its helping. Read more →
Self-harm can be beaten by anyone, providing they can find the right way for them to work through it. Read more →
Psychologists who study it generally agree that discussion self-harm becoming less taboo is making it easier for people to seek help beating it, with some exceptions. Read more →
In general the latest research has found that men and women are about as likely to self-harm, however there is evidence that different form of self-harm may be more common in each group. Read more →
While self-harm is addictive and easy to make a habit of, and despite the fact the brain can create a physiological expectation for the event, it is almost entirely a mental obstacle which means it entirely can be overcome. Read more →