Self Harm Research Paper

“Self Harm is also called self- injury is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself. It’s typically not meant as a suicide attempt” (Mayo Staff Clinic). “142,000 people present themselves at a hospital will self inflicted injuries each year” (Self-Harm Statistics). “10 % of 15 to 16 year olds have self-harmed. Girls are more likely to than boys” (Self-Harm Statistics). “3 in 100 people who self harm of a period of 15 years will commit suicide” (Self-Harm Statistics). There are several forms of self- harm, there is also numerous signs that make it noticeable; however there is treatment.

There are different forms of self-harm, however these are the two main ones. First type of self harm is cutting (Mayo Staff Clinic). “Cutting involves making cuts or server scratches on different parts on your body with a sharp object” (Mayo Staff Clinic). The main three places that people like to cut is legs, arms and the front of the torso (Mayo Staff Clinic).

People like to cut in these places mainly because this is where it is easiest to hide (Mayo Staff Clinic). Another form of self-Harm is burning ones self (Mayo Staff Clinic). Self Harm is really just

There are external signs that make it more visible (Mayo Staff Clinic). The top sign to look for is someone wearing long sleeves, and fresh cuts and burns on the skin (Mayo Staff Clinic). Another thing people tend to do is react in a weird way when someone ask how something happen, mainly they will say that it happen in an accident (Mayo Staff Clinic). The second way you can that you can see if someone is doing self-harm is internally. “When someone is spending a lot of time alone it is probably because they are depressed and this has put them into the state of self harm” (Mayo Staff Clinic). Self harm is a way of coping with problems, just know it is not the only way to express feelings ( Smith and