Cutting the Pain Away (Psy) (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders) [Library Binding]

Ann Holmes (Author), Carol C. Nadelson (Editor)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 91 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications; 1 edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791049515
• ISBN-13: 978-0791049518
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,151,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding me!, April 11, 2001

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Clarry (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting the Pain Away (Psy) (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders) (Library Binding)

I am a 28 year old female who lives in Australia. I have not found many books on self- Mutilation here and came across this book at our local library. I am what they label a 'Cutter', and found this book very helpful to understand why I self-harm and how to stop myself from doing it.

The book is set out in 6 chapters explaining: * What is self-Injury? * Who self-Injures and Why do they do it? * Self-Mutilation and Related Disorders * Treatment and Therapies * Helping Yourself Stop Self-Injury * Helping Someone Who self-Injures These chapters are full of detail, the most helpful to me were the last two chapters, it especially talks about how to tell friends and family about your Self-Injury, which was the hardest thing to do for me. After reading the book it made me feel like a real person again and that I have an illness that I share with many other people in the world.

The book also tells of others experiences in Self-Injury and why they came to do it. This illness can happen to all classes of people it talks of well know people like Jonny Depp and the late Princess Diana and what they went through.

I would reccommend this book to all that Self-Harm and all those family members and friends who love and want to help there loved one to overcome this. It has some very good advice on these things and expresses how support is so important, instead of ridicule and ultimatums people with these illnesses need love and understanding.

Please buy this book if you want to overcome this illness it has helped me a great deal to understand me and who I am.