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.

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