Kinds of self-injury
Cutting may be the most common way of self-injury, but there are a lot of types such as the following:
- Piercing the skin with sharp objects
- Head banging
- Burning
- Poisoning or overdosing
- Scratching
- Pulling out hair
- Interfering with wound healing
- Pinching
- Biting
- Carving words or symbols on the skin
- Breaking bones
- Hitting or punching
Take note that self-injury is not a suicide attempt The kid does not necessarily intend to kill one’s self, but instead cause harm to the body.
