Self Injury/ Self Harm: Aida Sari Azizah

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SELF INJURY/

SELF HARM
AIDA SARI AZIZAH
1C/MANAJEMEN
CONTENT

What is self injury?

Why would someone


commit self injury ?

How to treat someone who


hit self injury?
Self injury is intentional, purposeful, and socially
unacceptable injury to the body without suicidal
intent. Self injury is also often known as NSSI or non-
suicidal self-injury.

Once a teenager tries to do self injury ,


then the teenager is likely to depend
on self injury in managing his negative
emotions. This is because a teenager
usually still doesn't have enough ways to
Self-injury is generally carried out in secret (rarely relieve it. Self-injury is also often found
notifying others). So that usually someone who does self in someone with a diagnosis of borderline
injury often covers the wound caused by self injury with personality disorder , mood disorders,
clothes, jewelry, or bandages. Self injury can occur at any eating disorders, post-
age. However, self injury appears more frequently since
traumatic stress disorder , anxiety,
adolescence (nixon & heath, 2009; in miller, 2010).
impulse control disorders, and obsessive
compulsive disorder.
SELF INJURY/ SELF HARM IS ?
 Measures  self injury can be in the form of
amputation of limbs (rare except when
experiencing psychotic), pounded head
against the wall, slashed wrists / inner thigh /
upper arm, hair pulling, breaking bones, etc.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE
COMMIT SELF INJURY?

Mental
disorder

Drug and Psychological


Alcohol factors

Genetic
WHY WOULD SOMEONE COMMIT SELF
INJURY?
• WE CAN FIND OUT WHY SOMEONE COMMITS SELF INJURY BY UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE, AND BEHAVIOR
FACTORS. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE: THE PRESENCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE A HISTORY
OF MENTAL DISORDERS, SELF-INJURY , OR SUICIDE; EXPERIENCING CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS; HAVE PEERS WHO
COMMIT SELF-INJURY ; EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT, ETC. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS FOR EXAMPLE: LIMBIC
SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION, SEROTONIN LEVEL DYSFUNCTION, DECREASED SENSITIVITY TO PAIN, ETC. COGNITIVE
FACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE: HAVING PESSIMISTIC THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS ("NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME, ONLY SELF
INJURY CAN RELIEVE MY FEELINGS").

• AFFECTIVE FACTORS, FOR EXAMPLE: THE PRESENCE OF EMOTIONS RELATED TO PAST TRAUMA; SUSCEPTIBILITY TO
FEELING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS SUCH AS ANGER, HOPELESSNESS, ANXIETY, ETC. BEHAVIORAL FACTORS, FOR
EXAMPLE: BEHAVIOR BEFORE SELF INJURY (CONFLICT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, USING NARCOTICS, WITHDRAWAL),
BEHAVIOR AFTER THE DESIRE FOR SELF INJURY APPEARS (PREPARING THE LOCATION AND TOOLS TO PERFORM SELF
INJURY ), AND BEHAVIOR AFTER  SELF INJURY (RETURNING DOING ACTIVITIES, SLEEPING, AND TELLING OTHERS
ABOUT THE SELF-INJURY THAT WAS DONE). BY UNDERSTANDING THE REASONS BEHIND SELF INJURY BEHAVIORAND
THE PATTERN THAT IS DONE, THEN WE CAN HELP AND SUPPORT SOMEONE WHO DOES  SELF INJURY TO STOP DOING
IT.
HOW TO TREAT SELF INJURY
• SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THINGS THAT HAVE A POSITIVE MEANING TO YOU, FOR EXAMPLE: PHOTOS OF SOMEONE
YOU CARE ABOUT, NOTES CONTAINING EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE / SUPPORT FROM YOURSELF OR FROM FAMILY OR
FRIENDS, AROMATHERAPY THAT CAN CALM YOU DOWN.

• TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE  SELF INJURY BY LISTENING TO MUSIC, DRAWING, OR WRITING.

• VISUALIZE YOURSELF OVERCOMING PAINFUL FEELINGS WITHOUT USING SELF INJURY .

• RESET YOUR THOUGHTS: “WHO AM I REALLY ANGRY WITH? WHAT MAKES ME SO SAD? I FEEL SAFE BECAUSE I AM IN
CONTROL. "

• IDENTIFY SITUATIONS LIKE WHAT TRIGGER YOU TO COMMIT SELF INJURY . ASK FOR HELP FROM OTHERS TO HELP YOU.

• WHILE THERE IS STILL THE DESIRE TO FEEL THE SENSATION OF SELF-HARM. USE OTHER METHODS THAT ARE NOT AS
BAD AS SELF INJURY. FOR EXAMPLE: HOLDING ICE CUBES, SHREDDING PAPER, SMOKING A LEMON WEDGE, OR
BANGING A PILLOW.

• DO BODY EXERCISES, SUCH AS RUNNING, DANCING, JUMPING ROPE, YOGA, ETC.

• FORGIVE YOURSELF WHO HAVE COMMITTED  SELF INJURY . FORGIVE YOURSELF WHO MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERAL
FAILURES WHEN YOU WANT TO STOP SELF INJURY. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SELF INJURY CAN BE TREATED, IN FACT IT
IS NOT EASY AND REQUIRES A PROCESS.

• CONSIDER SEEING A PSYCHOLOGIST OR PSYCHIATRIST IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE CONTROLLING YOUR
URGE TO SELF-INJURY .
THANK
YOU
ANY QUESTIONS?

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