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self-harm
[self-hahrm]
noun
Formerly self-mutilation.Also called self-injury.deliberate nonsuicidal injury to one’s own body tissue, as cutting or burning the skin, or pulling out hair, in a physical manifestation of emotional distress.
Self-harm, eating disorders, and substance abuse were reported among victims of bullying.
verb (used without object)
to hurt oneself deliberately, without suicidal intention, as a physical manifestation of emotional distress.
I self-harm to release the anxiety, but then I feel so much shame that I have to self-harm again to relieve that.
self-harm
noun
the practice of cutting or otherwise wounding oneself, usually considered as indicating psychological disturbance
Other 51Թ Forms
- self-harming noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of self-harm1
Example Sentences
After years of campaigning and political debate, tech platforms will - within weeks - be legally obliged to stop kids seeing harmful content online, including pornography and material encouraging self-harm.
Police said the victim's bravery was "profound" in reporting the offence, which led to Webb being the first person in the country to be charged with encouraging serious self-harm online under section 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Webb, of King Crescent South in Loughborough, Leicestershire, admitted encouraging suicide and one count of encouraging or assisting someone to seriously self-harm at a hearing in May.
"He didn't encourage self-harm in passing, he instructed me on what to do and how to do it."
"Further measures are always welcome but they will not address either the systemic weaknesses in the Online Safety Act," said Ian Russell, chair of the Molly Rose Foundation - an organisation set up in memory of his 14-year-old daughter Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing thousands of images promoting suicide and self-harm.
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