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.

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Self-harm, also known as self-injury, self-inflicted violence, self-injurious behavior, or self-mutilation, can be defined as the deliberate, direct injury of one's own body that causes tissue...

Technically, self-mutilation can be divided into two broad categories: culturally sanctioned and deviant self mutilation. ... He quotes a young woman who entered his piercing parlor and stated,

He quotes a young woman who entered his piercing parlor and stated, ... Unlike major self-mutilation, stereotypic self-mutilation seems to have a fixed pattern of expression, is devoid of symbolism,

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It's estimated that two million Americans practice some form of self-injury, and self-mutilation has been around for centuries.

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