I am not nor at anythime will i claim to be a councilor or psychiatrist
.. If You Are In An Emergency Call 911Five key components identify and define SI:
SI is a harmful act done to yourself. Do not mistake lashing out in anger at others as SI.
SI is only done by yourself. If anyone else does something to you that causes pain this is not SI.
An act of SI must include some sort of physical violence. Emotionally punishing yourself (calling yourself a bitch or thinking you're stupid, ugly, etc.) is not SI.
An act of SI is not done with the intention of killing yourself. People who slit their wrists to kill themselves, even though they have harmed their body, are not SI-ing.
SI is done intentionally. Not accidentally, but with the intent purpose of hurting yourself.
Approximately 1% of the United States population uses physical self-injury as a way of dealing with overwhelming feelings or situations, often using it to speak when no words will come. Despite the fact that self-injury is far from rare, myths and misunderstanding surround this psychological ailment -- mistaken ideas that often result in self-harmers being treated badly by police, doctors, therapists, and emergency room personnel.
In response to society's mistaken ideas about self-harm, the American Self-Harm Information Clearinghouse was created to educate and inform medical and mental health professionals, the media, and the general public, sorting myth from fact and explaining what is known about self-harm. One of ASHIC's major projects is National Self-Injury Awareness Day. In this grassroots effort, people across the country and the world whose lives have been affected by self-injury deliver fact sheets, reports, and brochures to those who make decisions about the treatment of those who self-harm.
Self Injury may be referred in many ways, if a self injurer labels their behaviour in a different way to your expectations, do not correct their terminology, instead, adapt your own.
Self Injury (SI); Self Harm (SH); Self Inflicted Violence (SIV); Self Injurious Behaviour (SIB); Self Mutilation (SM); Cutting; Burning; Branding; Over Dosing (OD).
