Self-Mutilation

1. Self-Mutilation By: Grace, Riva, Tasnim, Nathaly 708

2. What is self-mutilation? • Self-Mutilation is when people abuse themselves during times when they are feeling depressed

3. What kind of self-mutilation is there? • Cutting • Burning • Poisoning • Overdosing • Carving words or symbols on the skin • Breaking bones • Hitting or punching • Piercing the skin with sharp objects • Head banging • Pinching • Biting • Pulling out hair • Interfering with wound healing

4. Age Began Self-Injuring Pool

5. Treatment Of Self Mutilation Addiction • By the way of deep breathing • Several relaxation techniques • Listen to music • Guidance of a therapist • Visit friends and try not to be alone • Be creative in a way of painting • In case of anger count till 1-10 avoid temptation

6. Why do people hurt themselves? • We know that children, or teens often hurt themselves because they are depressed. • They feel that bad things happen to them because it is all their fault. • The most common way of cutting themselves is cutting their skin in several places multiple times.

7. Recognizing Self-Mutilation • Most people don’t call this self-mutilation, they call it “emo”. • Some ways you may recognize self-mutilation is when people wear long clothes, covering up most of their body. • They may look depressed, and usually cover up their faces.

8. Self Mutilation Over the Years… • This graph shows that self-injury has been committed about from 20-25 times and no injury has been committed from 15-20 times in overactivity. • This graph also shows that self-injury has been committed from 15-20 times and no injury has been committed from 15-20 times in impulsivity.

9. Self-Injury reasons • Self-injury • is when a person physically hurts himself or herself on purpose. When someone who is clinically depressed does this, it might be because: • He's trying to change the way he's feeling. • She's desperately trying to get attention she needs. • He wants to express how hopeless and worthless he feels. • She is having suicidal thoughts. Self-injury can be just as dangerous as suicidal talk and thoughts, so don't hesitate to seek help if you or someone you know is experiencing this. • Teen depression or anxiety can trigger this response to • stress

10. Do girls hurt themselves more than boys? Do children hurt themselves more than adults? • We think that girls are more likely to hurt themselves than boys, because girls get more emotional. • We also think that children are likely to hurt themselves more than adults will, because adults know how to straighten out their problems and take matters into their hands. Children will most likely do think wrong thoughts and might eventually think about suicide.

11. Conclusion to Self-Mutilation • Overall, we know that people have suffered from self-mutilation because they are depressed. • Basically, the treatment for it is to talk to a friend and try to work out your problems. • We thought that this topic was a good one and we chose it because we have friends who harm themselves and we would like to help them stop.