Offers a list of treatment agencies across the USA, as well as dates for lectures and workshops. ... We also believe that self-injury is not an addiction over which one is powerless for a lifetime,

"Self-injury is a self-preservation technique for many cutters; the self-mutilation relieves anxiety and/or depersonalization symptoms which could lead to psychosis or suicide if not alleviated.

Guidance and support network. A UK based voluntary organisation with information, support, message board, training, seminars, and newslette ... Help for self-injury

Information on self-injury for both the self injurer, and their friends/family. ... The forum, Safe Haven, and self-injury.net have been joined.

Self-Injury: A Search For Understanding ... For cutters, it is a strangely effective coping method for dealing with inner pain so overwhelming it must be brought to the surface (Strong 1998).

The most comprehensive source of self-injury information on the web. ... Self-injury: You are NOT the only one

Self-injury is a self-preservation technique for many cutters; the self-mutilation relieves anxiety and/or depersonalization symptoms which could lead to psychosis or suicide if not alleviated.

secret shame - an excellent comprehensive site; Self-Injury and related Issues; Self-Injury: A Struggle; Self-Injury- has some good suggestions for alternatives to self injury; Mollykat's Self...

I was there to speak on self-inflicted violence.  I was thrilled by the presence of an artist in our midst.  He was moved by what I had to teach about trauma, self-injury, and how the mental...

Self-injury may feel like a way of "waking up" from a sense of numbness after a traumatic experience.