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Should i go to the doctors about self harm?

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Dr. Humberto Quintana answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Good place to start: Many find it almost impossible to understand why young people harm themselves, and how it could possibly help them to feel better. By deliberately hurting their bodies, young people often say they can change their state of mind so that they can cope better with ‘other’ pain they are feeling. They may be using physical pain as a way of distracting themselves from emotional pain.

Answered 4/19/2014

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