Self harm, encompasses everything. Self injury, i don't know, the term just.. annoys me :/
On a slight tangent, i can't stand the term self mutilation being used incorrectly, due to self mutilation referring generally speaking to the likes of amputation, rather than superficial cuts and so, in turn, being something different to self harm/injury.
I can't stand self-mutilation either...just no...way to melodramatic for superficial cuts and that.
I put self harm, as it's the most familiar term to me if you know what I mean. I only really began to say SI after I joined ryl.
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Self-harm, as Shona said, encompasses anything that harms oneself. So, this would include self-injury, eating disorders and substance abuse, as well as things like smoking, which involve one person hurting themselves. Although, smoking isn't so much intentional self-harm so I wouldn't turn around and call someone smoking a self-harmer.
On the other hand, self-injury is used to refer to deliberate injury to oneself. By injury, I mean things like burns, scratches and cuts and so I consider self-injury to be a more direct form of self-harm. Although, one could always argue that eating disorders and substance abuse are self-injury because injury is simply defined as any physical damage to the structure or function of one's body.
However, those are the situations in which I use the terms.
I agree with the both thing. I call it self harm, but if i shorten it i usually put SI.
*shrugs* tis ok, i already know im a little bit strange.
*starts randomly dancing in corner*
Usually, in therapy, I refer to 'hurting myself' / and 'hurting yourself', if I'm supporting someone.
Though, I do tend to also use the term self harm, or if supporting someone, I'll tend to use the term they use, along with my own terms, if appropriate.
I usually call it self injury, sometimes I call it 'hurting myself' but sometimes call it by what the act is, be it cutting, burning, ect.. my therapist calls it cutting even though she knows I do other stuff.
-brian
oh, on a side note, sometimes I like to see the replies without voting in the poll, is there a way to disable that? like if you dont know what you think about an issue and dont want to put your opinion because you dont have an opinion of the issue, but want to see others..?
'in the quiet heart is hidden, sorrow that the eye can't see'
I use both, mostly self harm... Not sure why as all my stuff done is Self injury... or used to be (on the road call recovery...) I am not sure why... although if I short hand it I say SI...
If I'm talking about myself in real conversation, then I say "thingy" or "it" or something like that, but that was probably because the one person I spoke with SI'ed too, and was easily triggered by words. If I'm talking about myself on MSN or here, then it's SI. If I'm talking to someone else, then I use whatever terms they do, as obviously that's what they're comfortable with.
Self-harm, as Shona said, encompasses anything that harms oneself. So, this would include self-injury, eating disorders and substance abuse, as well as things like smoking, which involve one person hurting themselves. Although, smoking isn't so much intentional self-harm so I wouldn't turn around and call someone smoking a self-harmer.
On the other hand, self-injury is used to refer to deliberate injury to oneself. By injury, I mean things like burns, scratches and cuts and so I consider self-injury to be a more direct form of self-harm. Although, one could always argue that eating disorders and substance abuse are self-injury because injury is simply defined as any physical damage to the structure or function of one's body.
However, those are the situations in which I use the terms.
*steals Emma's reply because she's too tired to write out her own and it's more or less exactly the same anyway*
'in the quiet heart is hidden, sorrow that the eye can't see'
