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self-injury
(redirected from Self-mutilator)

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self-injury,
n the act of intentionally hurting oneself. One manifestation of this is known as
cutting.


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These are head-bangers, feces-smearers, cell-flooders, self-mutilators, screamers," she said.
A male acquaintance and recovering self-mutilator once confessed incidents from his past that may be linked to his later habit of cutting.
Self-mutilators report that parting their flesh with razor blades makes them feel alive and reawakened.
 
 
 
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