Comments on: Pessimism May Lead to Self-Injury in Emotional Abuse Survivors

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:30:12 +0000

If this is something that you have witnessed, you know that this is a child who needs to be taught some better skills for coping, something else that they can turn to to help relieve much of the anxiety and pressure that they are trying to let go of through self injuring. It is not always only about not liking who they are, but alot of it has to do with how they are feeling.

By: rick

rick — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:55:31 +0000

How could you not notice if your kid is doing this? Cutting? How would they hide it?

By: Viki

Viki — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:11:33 +0000

These are all problems that need to be investigated and fixed to help these adolescents. Cutting and hurting yourself is not a cool thing to do to fit into a group as some of our adolescent tend to think!!

By: Carson G

Carson G — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:56:35 +0000

I can’t really imagine being a parent and doing this kind of harm to my kids. Think about all of the damage that you are inflicting, and then how are you going to feel to know that as a result of that hurt they have now resorted to hurting themselves in this way? I know that most of the time that they may not mean for it to be permanent, but sometimes the inevitable happens and they end up taking their own lives. What starts out as a way to regain some control in their lives could turn into something that is far more dangerous than that. It sickens me there are lives ruuined every day in just this way, and all because it starts with a parent who probably doesn’t deserve to be one in the first place.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:40:37 +0000

Wow, I never thought about self harm that way before, but it makes a lot of sense. I’ve grown up with a dad who has a lot of anger issues and often screams at us. I started cutting about 2 and a half years ago. Although I’ve stopped for awhile now, I still struggle with it and I think about it the most often when life’s gettin me down. I am a self-proclaimed pessimist and this really fascinates me. Quite interesting research here.

By: trish d

trish d — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:48 +0000

In general if someone is found to be a pessimistic person, then they are going to go though the motions of life with actions that are probably less than healthy. Cutting is just one of many ways that this could manifest.

By: Jayma

Jayma — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:03:17 +0000

I have to admit that when I first heard about this grwoing trend I wondered why on earth kids and adults alike would do this sort of thing to themselves! Why intentionally harm yourself like this?
But after reading this it kind of struck me that this must be somewhat like the kind of control that those with eating disorders must be exhibiting and feeling. It is a way to control their lives when everything else sort of feels out of control to them.
While I don’t necessarily understand how they could do it, this article ceryainly opened to my eyes to why they may do it and also some thigs that perhaps I could be on the lookout for in my children and their friends to ensure that they are not doing the same sort of things to themselves.