What is Self-harm?
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Someone who self-harms do this because they are often sad, they feel that feeling pysical pain will drown thier emotional pain. Not accociated with
She cuts herself because her boyfriend dumped her, so she uses self-harm to cause pysical pain, to drown out her emotional pain.
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self harm is the act of harming the self.
This can include cuttiing, burning alcohol, drug or solvent abuse, self brusing and hair pulling triciollomania mongst other things. It is a coping method not a failed suicide attempt or a sign of being "emo"
Im worried about Janet, I think shes started to self-harm, she hasnt taken her hoodie off all summer.
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A word used along with a *motion* of self-harm.
"Grace spoke to me"
"Ahhh! Self-harm! *motion*"
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Self-Harm is the new Suicide.
Self-Harm is like Suicide with all of the short-term pain, low-self esteem, lack of respect for yourself, friends and family, etc, but none of the long-term side-effects (i.e. Death).
Self-Harm is basically Suicide for the Commitment-Phobic.
When I were a lad we had nowt to do wi' this Self-harm malarkey.
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