by admin | Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by Self-Injury Institute | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Summer is the season to show some skin. The images of bikini clad vixens and shirtless studs are impossible to avoid if you surf the web, watch a little television, or simply stand in line to buy your groceries. The idea of working towards and achieving the ideal...
by Self-Injury Institute | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
When parents, teachers, or loved ones discover that someone they care about is engaging in some kind of self-harm, their natural response is one of fear. And usually it’s a specific fear: Does this mean s/he is going to commit suicide? Almost every family that we...
by Self-Injury Institute | Nov 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
One of the first questions I often get when parents come into therapy terrified of their child’s self-harm is some version of this: What should I do with all the knives and other sharp objects in the house? Their first instinct, usually, is to remove everything from...
by Self-Injury Institute | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s a lot of bad publicity out there these days for one of nature’s most important emotions. “Don’t shame me!” is a frequent conversation-ender that people seem to be using more and more to get out of a sticky confrontation with a friend or family member. When we...
