Examples
of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
nTeenage girl reported mother was being cruel and
neglectful and she wanted to
escape from mother’s home. States she researched lethal doses of ibuprofen to make sure she
took an amount that would not
be life-threatening. Took 6, feeling certain
it was not enough to kill her, she definitely did not want to die, only to escape from mother’s home. Taken to
ER and then admitted to
psych. hospital
nPerson described 12 incidents of cutting himself. States he did this only “to relieve tension” and “to play with
danger to see how far I would go”
and no part of him wanted to die. Thought about it for hours before acting on the urge and
felt relieved of tension
afterwards. Did not feel pain while
cutting self.