Cutting and Self-Mutilation is becoming a new trend among teens of all walks of life. When teens feel sad, angry, distressed, anxious, or confused, their emotions might be so extreme that they lead to acts of self-injury (also called cutting, self-mutilation, or self-harm).
Most teens who inflict injury on themselves do so because they are experiencing anger, trauma, stress and/or anxiety. Scratching, hitting, biting, burning their skin, and pulling out hair are some of the other ways teens use self-injury to cope with intensely bad feelings.
The physical pain and the sight of oneself bleeding becomes a temporary solution to ones feeling. (It’s like a temporary solution or fix for the their problems). The pain and the blood overpowers (drown out) their mental pain for a moment. Sometimes their mental pain can be so deep, they have no language with which to describe it to others.
Things to watch for:
1. If your teen is wearing long sleeve shirts in the summer time.
2. If your teen is wearing a lot of bracelets. This could be used to cover up scars.
3. Long stays in the bathroom, open razors or sharp instruments missing from kitchen.
I would recommend parents calling a mental health professional immediately. Most teens don't intend to kill themselves, but teens can cut too deep and cause serious bodily harm or kill themselves.
Most teens who inflict injury on themselves do so because they are experiencing anger, trauma, stress and/or anxiety. Scratching, hitting, biting, burning their skin, and pulling out hair are some of the other ways teens use self-injury to cope with intensely bad feelings.
The physical pain and the sight of oneself bleeding becomes a temporary solution to ones feeling. (It’s like a temporary solution or fix for the their problems). The pain and the blood overpowers (drown out) their mental pain for a moment. Sometimes their mental pain can be so deep, they have no language with which to describe it to others.
Things to watch for:
1. If your teen is wearing long sleeve shirts in the summer time.
2. If your teen is wearing a lot of bracelets. This could be used to cover up scars.
3. Long stays in the bathroom, open razors or sharp instruments missing from kitchen.
I would recommend parents calling a mental health professional immediately. Most teens don't intend to kill themselves, but teens can cut too deep and cause serious bodily harm or kill themselves.
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