SELF HARM AND TEENAGERS
Self-harm is
when people deliberately hurt themselves as a way of coping up
with painful or tempestuous. It’s a way of trying
to get control over the feelings or relief from them. But is it good for the
youth or our future generation? The answer is a big ‘NO”. For
some people, the attempt to control or stop feelings through self-harm is
actually a way of trying to heal themselves. Other people do self-harm so
they may ‘feel something’ rather than feeling nothingness or emptiness.
Some people do self-harm to express feelings of hopelessness.
serious ways.. The
most common forms
of this behavior are cutting and burning.
The least common
forms of self-harm include
pulling out bodily hairs, punching walls
and
ingesting toxic substances or sharp objects. There are several reasons of self-harm
- Feeling emotionally disconnected from or invalidated by their parents
- Want to "fit in" within a particular peer group that encourages and rewards self-harming behaviour
- Feeling emotionally dead inside or feeling invisible in their parents' eyes. Self-harm makes them feel alive inside and helps confirm their existence in reality.
- For girls, self-harm may be used as a coping strategy with overly demanding parents, especially in situations where the father is the dominant voice when it comes to discipline and decision-making
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