. Harrison also explained there are some woman who are not fully aware of their actions. Self-harm to these women were their only way to survive.
‘Self-harm is not just attention seeking; it’s time to talk about the issue’ an article written by Ben Staples describes the personal stories behind this addiction. Lucy for instance, is just one of the few that have suffered from this addiction Ben Staples speaks of. Staples reports at a young age, Lucy was 13 when she found herself having certain thoughts. They occurred on one particular evening when Lucy found herself alone in her family’s Lincolnshire home. “Shall I do it?” Lucy asked herself. “Will it stop the pain?’ Lucy was hurting and did not know how to explain what she was feeling. Few years later she was brutally attacked and raped (which she now describes as “the incident”). After the rape happened Lucy began to show signs of self-harm. She began locking herself up in her room, telling others she wasn’t feeling well by hiding all of the pain. Since she had no knowledge of how to deal with the emotional pain of her trauma, she averted to physical pain; self-harm. Lucy best describes the feeling of her addiction by stating “When you keep all your problems in, it feels like you’re screaming inside,” “But when you cut or burn yourself, the pain is more physical. You feel like you’re releasing that scream. After a few months, self-harming became part of my daily routine” (Staples 2015). Just like all addictions, you become immune to it. Lucy could not stop her addiction. She started to cut four times or more a day, and her grades suffered due to her obsession. Lucy began to self-harm due to emotion and a physical trauma. “A study from England Health Behavior in School Aged Children (HBSC) revealed that up to one in five 15-year-olds across the country self-harm.” A therapist named Janis Mutluck who was a victim of this disease now helps others that are affected, was in charge of this research. “I know a few people who self-harm because they are bullied and eventually come to believe they think they deserve to be bullied,” she says. “When you self-harm, it is so hard to escape from the mental space that you are in (Staples 2015).” There can be many reasons and stories behind the causes of self-harm. Staples shares a story of a girl named Kiren who was bullied over five years in school. During the time she was bullied her parents decided to get divorced. Kiren turned to self-harm, “The bullying made me feel really unbalanced,” says Kieran, now 23 (Staples 2015). “I started to self-harm when I was age eleven, and it kind of just snowballed from there. I stopped eating. I isolated myself from a lot of my friends and family. I kept it a secret for almost a decade (Staples 2015).” Staples explains how children develop this secret obsession. An obsession that grows into an addiction quickly overnight. Self-harm made these individuals “feel alive”, and to be able …show more content…
The information that was established is those with an eating disorders have obsessive-compulsive symptoms and additive personality disorders. Those who had both addictions were found to self-harm those most. SIB usage was used in this article retaining to Self-injurious Behaviors. SIB self-harming is to find social acceptability, but not to make the body more attractive. The feelings that were gathered of self-harm are feelings of pleasure and acceptance. The report stated they do not feel pain during the cut, but they will after. This is to stimulate brain endorphins. Many forms of SIB are found to develop in other ways than just cutting. This addiction is shown by having multiple levels of causes even within mental disorders and eating disorders (Laukkanen501). While mental disorders can be a cause of this addiction, the cause of young trauma highly influences self-harm. Self-harm as stated start s in early stages of adolescence, as early as age three or five (Chapman 19). In cases such as these, the child is going through a form of pain or neglect, and for the child then outreaches to feel emotion by the addiction of self-harm. “The 13 year old rolls up her
‘Self-harm is not just attention seeking; it’s time to talk about the issue’ an article written by Ben Staples describes the personal stories behind this addiction. Lucy for instance, is just one of the few that have suffered from this addiction Ben Staples speaks of. Staples reports at a young age, Lucy was 13 when she found herself having certain thoughts. They occurred on one particular evening when Lucy found herself alone in her family’s Lincolnshire home. “Shall I do it?” Lucy asked herself. “Will it stop the pain?’ Lucy was hurting and did not know how to explain what she was feeling. Few years later she was brutally attacked and raped (which she now describes as “the incident”). After the rape happened Lucy began to show signs of self-harm. She began locking herself up in her room, telling others she wasn’t feeling well by hiding all of the pain. Since she had no knowledge of how to deal with the emotional pain of her trauma, she averted to physical pain; self-harm. Lucy best describes the feeling of her addiction by stating “When you keep all your problems in, it feels like you’re screaming inside,” “But when you cut or burn yourself, the pain is more physical. You feel like you’re releasing that scream. After a few months, self-harming became part of my daily routine” (Staples 2015). Just like all addictions, you become immune to it. Lucy could not stop her addiction. She started to cut four times or more a day, and her grades suffered due to her obsession. Lucy began to self-harm due to emotion and a physical trauma. “A study from England Health Behavior in School Aged Children (HBSC) revealed that up to one in five 15-year-olds across the country self-harm.” A therapist named Janis Mutluck who was a victim of this disease now helps others that are affected, was in charge of this research. “I know a few people who self-harm because they are bullied and eventually come to believe they think they deserve to be bullied,” she says. “When you self-harm, it is so hard to escape from the mental space that you are in (Staples 2015).” There can be many reasons and stories behind the causes of self-harm. Staples shares a story of a girl named Kiren who was bullied over five years in school. During the time she was bullied her parents decided to get divorced. Kiren turned to self-harm, “The bullying made me feel really unbalanced,” says Kieran, now 23 (Staples 2015). “I started to self-harm when I was age eleven, and it kind of just snowballed from there. I stopped eating. I isolated myself from a lot of my friends and family. I kept it a secret for almost a decade (Staples 2015).” Staples explains how children develop this secret obsession. An obsession that grows into an addiction quickly overnight. Self-harm made these individuals “feel alive”, and to be able …show more content…
The information that was established is those with an eating disorders have obsessive-compulsive symptoms and additive personality disorders. Those who had both addictions were found to self-harm those most. SIB usage was used in this article retaining to Self-injurious Behaviors. SIB self-harming is to find social acceptability, but not to make the body more attractive. The feelings that were gathered of self-harm are feelings of pleasure and acceptance. The report stated they do not feel pain during the cut, but they will after. This is to stimulate brain endorphins. Many forms of SIB are found to develop in other ways than just cutting. This addiction is shown by having multiple levels of causes even within mental disorders and eating disorders (Laukkanen501). While mental disorders can be a cause of this addiction, the cause of young trauma highly influences self-harm. Self-harm as stated start s in early stages of adolescence, as early as age three or five (Chapman 19). In cases such as these, the child is going through a form of pain or neglect, and for the child then outreaches to feel emotion by the addiction of self-harm. “The 13 year old rolls up her