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What does hurting yourself mean?

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Hurting yourself, sometimes called self-injury, is when a person deliberately hurts his or her own body. Some self-injuries can leave scars that won’t go away, while others leave marks or bruises that eventually will go away. These are some forms of self-injury:


  • cutting yourself (such as using a razor blade, knife or other sharp object
    to cut the skin)

  • punching yourself or other objects

  • burning yourself with cigarettes, matches or candles

  • pulling out your hair

  • poking objects through body openings

  • breaking your bones or bruising yourself

  • plucking hair for hours


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