I remember the first time I saw a client who engaged in “cutting,” or what professionals now refer to as self-injurious behavior or SIB. I was working in a university counseling center in the ...

Burning as self-harm is a form of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). It may be more common among young men. Self-harm, also known as self-injury, is any act of harm to yourself that’s deliberate but ...

Self-embedding is an extreme form of self-injury, in which people (typically adolescents) insert objects into their body parts to deliberately hurt themselves or mutilate their bodies without ...

If the child you love is hurting so badly they're harming themselves, you probably feel the pain, too. Self-harm - sometimes called self-injury, self-mutilation or self-abuse - happens when people ...

Lisa sat at the kitchen table, scrolling through her phone. Summer had arrived, but something felt off. Emily, her 14-year-old daughter, used to love swimming, but lately, she refused to go. Later, ...

Hurting yourself—or thinking about hurting yourself—is a sign of emotional pain. Most people who self-harm do so as a way to cope with anger, negative feelings, painful memories, or difficult ...

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Self-harm involves intentionally hurting one’s own body. A person can try various alternatives to self-harm, such as spending time with friends or pets, listening to music, or learning harm ...