Self-harming Behaviors
Borderline Personality Disorder can increase the risk of self harming behaviors. Self-harm, such as cutting, burning or self-hitting, are not necessarily suicidal in intent and are often defined as NSSI (non-suicidal self-injury). People with BPD are often struggling to regulate intense emotions and research has shown that many people self-harm to help regulate intense emotions. A person who self-harms usually does not mean to kill themselves, but some who self-harm may still end their life by suicide. The risk for self-harm and suicide may overlap.
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Think about having the most intense emotions imaginable everyday- Alan Fruzzetti
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After cutting & suicide attempt
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We have seen self-injury diminish in months - Barbara Stanley
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Why do people self-harm or attempt suicide - Barbara Stanley
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Ways a parent can help their child with self-harming behaviors - Barbara Stanley
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People who self-injure are more likely to attempt suicide - Barbara Stanley
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How to change self-harming behavior - Barbara Stanley
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It is good that self-harm is getting more media attention - Barbara Stanley
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Difference between self-harm and suicide attempts - Barbara Stanley
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Medication vs DBT for self-injury - Barbara Stanley
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Cutting is not attention seeking - Barbara Stanley
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Different forms of self-harm may be kept a secret from family - John Gunderson
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Self harm and Suicide - Mary Zanarini
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Cutting may be releasing Serotonin - Antonia New
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Possible neurological explanation for why people with BPD cut - Antonia New
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It is not socially acceptable to cut yourself - Perry Hoffman
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Why do people cut themselves - Alan Fruzzetti
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There are two type of cutting and cutting is contagious - Marsha Linehan
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Self-injury can be like an addiction that regulates emotions - Marsha Linehan
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Dysfunctional BPD behaviors can function to regulate emotions - Marsha Linehan
