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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I really don't believe this is a black and white issue. I think it's going to come down to who the person is every time.
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His argument is based on an absolute blanket statement that cannot be proven correct. I agree some people probably do it for attention, but masochism exists.
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Originally Posted by These guys
Can't agree. I've found some information on reasons people self-harm and they seem to be legitimately convincing arguments, the least of which indicates casual "attention seeking".
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm#how
http://www.palace.net/llama/psych/why.html
Notice specifically the subsection Communication. It makes the point that even attention seeking (manipulation) is an attempt to communicate something which the sufferer simply can't seem to communicate effectively, I'd personally imagine being for any range of psychosomatic reasons.
While I think chalking it up to attention seeking is the easy thing to do, I don't think it is the most sensitive or scientific approach. It seems to me like a shrug-off. I actually used to share a similar opinion. |
This raises a very good point, that even if it is for the sake of attention, it can have meaning beyond just the attention.