Healing the Hurt Within, by Jan Sutton.
Published (2nd edition) October 2005. Pathways: How to Books, Oxford
"It is a book of hope, healing, courage, and enlightenment – not just for those who self-injure or self-harm and their supporters, but for everyone concerned with the growing issue of self-injury – that should be all of us."
It's a behaviour with many names - self-injury, self-harm, self-mutilation, self-inflicted violence, self-cutting and self-abuse to name some. It's a puzzling and perplexing phenomenon, which shocks and frightens those who encounter it. Research has shown that it frequently goes hand-in-hand with eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dissociate disorders. Those who self harm find it difficult to stop because of its addictive nature, or are reluctant to try because they say it helps them 'feel better,' 'more in control,' 'more alive or real,' or that it inhibits suicidal thoughts. In this revised and expanded second edition, Jan Sutton draws on the testimonies of those trapped in the cycle of self-injury, and former self-injurers, as well as the latest research and developments in the field. It is a book designed to offer help and support to self-injurers; understanding to the self-injurer's family and friends; and insight to volunteers and professionals.
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I don't understand why some people think that cutting is weird or crazy. I'm a cutter and I'm just as smart as other kids my age. I read on a higher level than my seventeen year-old brother. I'm not trying to brag, I'm just saying that there is nothing wrong with me. I just have trouble dealing with strong emotions.
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