To all the people who say they used to hurt at young ages i.e. 6/7 in sort of "passive" ways. Do you think that most kids are like that and we just notice it more because of what happened afterwards?
I was thinking that too...
In fact when you think about it maybe self-harm to some degree is almost innate... i mean even animals when stressed will perform acts of self-harm, and most people will do some form of more "passive" harm when angry or frustrated (digging nails into palm of hand, biting/chewing on lips, ect) or will perform what is effectively "social self harm" when they feel alone, misunderstood or that they need to be punished.
also wondering if the method of self harm may be cultural? Esspecially as so many people seem to be saying that they "got the idea" of cutting from elsewhere. Even more so when you think about the fact that things like suicide seem to have almost "popular methods" which seem to be different for different cultures, not sure if anyone has ever done a similar study on self-harm though...
Although I have in the past heard peopple blaim the media, but cutting as a form of self-harm is pressent in the Bible and don't think that the media had the same power then that is does now...