Thou Shalt Not Get Angry

Have you ever become so absorbed in what you were doing—an exciting project, a difficult school assignment—that you forgot to eat? If so, then you probably remember that throbbing headache that showed up a few hours later. Most of us in that situation are able to put...

Suicidal versus Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

I’ve been working with non-suicidal self-injury, or NSSI, for about 14 years. Most of the people I help are cutters, burners, carvers, pickers, or other self-harmers who have no intent of actually killing themselves. Their interest in this admittedly dark behavior is...