Self-injury can affect anybody, at any time in their lives. Gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion, background – they are all irrelevant. If, rather than considering who might turn to self-injury, we instead focus on who could possibly suffer from the emotional distress that can lead to self-injury, it’s much easier to imagine that self-injury really can affect anyone.
Self-injury is a coping mechanism. Anyone who has anything distressing to cope with might potentially turn to self-injury.
Read more: http://www.lifesigns.org.uk/what/who-self-injures
