| Some forms may include:biting
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| | instead feel intense anger, fear, hate
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| branding, such as with gang members
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| | and hurt. The effects of peer pressure
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| burning
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| | can also influence adolescents and teens
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| carving
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| | to injure themselves. Even though fads
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| cutting on various parts of the body
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| | come and go, a lot of the wounds on the
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| excessive body piercing
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| | child's' skin will be permanent. A lot of
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| head banging
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| | times adolescents and teens hide their
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| marking
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| | burns, bruises, cuts and scars, due to
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| picking and pulling hair and skin
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| | feeling criticized, embarrassed, or
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| scratching with fingernails or objects
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| | rejected.What can parents do to help
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| self bruising
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| | their child? Parents are encouraged to
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| self hitting
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| | talk with their children about respecting
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| self piercing
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| | and valuing their bodies. Parents also
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| tattooing Some adolescents and teens may
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| | need to serve as role models for their
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| self-mutilate to rebel, reject their
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| | adolescents and teens by not engaging in
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| parents' values, take risks, state their
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| | acts of self-harm themselves.Some helpful
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| individuality or merely to be accepted by
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| | ways for parents to address their child's
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| their peers. Others, however, may injure
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| | self-injury acts include teaching them
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| themselves out of anger or desperation to
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| | to:Accept reality and find ways to make
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| seek attention, to show their
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| | the present moment more tolerable while
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| hopelessness, loss of self-esteem and
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| | talking about their feelings.
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| worthlessness, or because they have
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| | Develop better communication and social
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| suicidal thoughts. These children may
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| | skills.
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| suffer from serious psychiatric problems
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| | Help them distract themselves from
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| such as Bipolar Disorder, depression,
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| | feelings of self-harm (for example,
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| mood disorders, Posttraumatic Stress
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| | counting to ten, drawing, waiting 15
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| Disorder (PTSD), Reactive Attachment
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| | minutes, saying "NO!" or "STOP!" out loud
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| Disorder (RAD), and psychosis.
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| | and to themselves as may times as needed,
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| Additionally, some adolescents and teens
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| | practicing breathing exercises and/or
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| who engage in self-injury may develop
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| | meditation, journaling, thinking about
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| Borderline Personality Disorder as adults
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| | positive images, giving them a safe place
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| when not treated for this as youth. Some
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| | to "vent", etc.)
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| young children may resort to
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| | Help them to identify their feelings and
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| self-injurious acts from time to time,
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| | talk them out rather than act on them.
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| however, they often grow out of
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| | Practice positive stress management
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| it.Children with autism or mental
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| | within the home.
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| retardation may also show these behaviors
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| | Help them to soothe themselves in a
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| which may persist into adulthood when not
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| | positive, non-injurious, way.
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| treated at a younger age. Children who
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| | Help them to stop, think, and evaluate
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| have been abandoned (adopted) or abused
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| | the pros and cons of self-injury.
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| (emotinally, physically, sexually) may
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| | Evaluation by a mental health
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| self-mutilate.Why do adolescents and
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| | professional may assist in identifying
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| teens self-injure?Adolescents and teens
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| | and treating the underlying causes of
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| that have difficulty talking about and
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| | cutting and self-injury. Feelings of
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| openly sharing their feelings may show
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| | wanting to die or kill themselves are
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| their emotional tension, low self-esteem,
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| | reasons for the parents of adolescents
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| physical discomfort, and pain with
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| | and teens to seek professional care
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| self-injurious behaviors. Although they
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| | immediately.A psychiatrist may also
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| may feel like the "steam" in the
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| | diagnose and treat the serious
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| "pressure cooker" has been released
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| | psychiatric disorders that may accompany
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| following the act of cutting and hurting
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| | self-injurious and cutting behaviors.Dore
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| themselves, adolescents and teens may
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| | E.
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