Self Harm Research Paper

Did you know that 1-5 females and 1-7 males engage in self harm each year? Did you know 90% of self harmers started to self harm in their teenage or adolescent years? The numbers of self harm and suicide incidents are rising each and every year; and it’s becoming a major concern.

Self harm and suicide are very serious,

not a joke,

so why are we treating it like one? (25 seconds) Almost everyone knows what self harm or suicide is, but they don’t really understand it or why it happens and because of this, it makes it easy for people to joke about, criticize, or ignore the issue of self harm and suicide. In order to raise awareness about this subject, we are going to tell you everything we can about self harm and suicide. Self harm is

You don’t want to assume a person self harms because it can be rude or extremely hurtful and it won’t make the issue any better. A lot of people claim that self harmers do it for the attention, but you don’t know what they have been through in they life to make them self harm. Also, don’t call it stupid because they don’t need to hear that, they need support. Don’t try to control their self harm and why they do it, it will only make it worse. Although, you think it is “Just a phase” it probably isn’t, so don’t try to tell them it is. Lastly, you shouldn’t be telling other people about someone’s self harm unless they can help because it isn’t their business. Although, it is not always the case, some self harmers engage in suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States for all ages. 38,000 Americans die from suicide every year.

So, why do people commit suicide? That’s a hard question to answer, and theres’s not an easy way to answer it. The majority of people who take their lives (an estimated 90%) suffered with a hidden mental illness or a substance abuse problem. People with mental illnesses aren't sick but their brains are. When a brain gets sick the problem is in the shape of a mental illness. It can lead to depression, anxiety disorders, or bipolar disorders. People can also attempt suicide if there’s a death, a divorce, a job loss, stress, bullying, relationship problems, or a family history of