Self harm?

[Handsome]

i heard that self-harm is almost exclusively a problem among teenage girls.. let me know is it true or just people thinking?

and plz also mention causes of self harm

[simon]

Many people do self harm and it is not exclusive to teenage girls. Middle aged, elderly both men and women do self harm. But statiscally at young age, girls tend to do self harm more.

[Gmorkster]

It goes with the feeling that you're useless, you can't do anything with your life and this state of mind, as far as I've noticed, is more or less self induced. And that person feels the need to suffer/bleed to be further convinced that the situation is real.

Yet I've seen male teenagers who cut themselves just because they think it's "cool". It's probably got to do with (not understanding) the music they listen to.

[aviatik99]

It goes with the feeling that you're useless, you can't do anything with your life and this state of mind, as far as I've noticed, is more or less self induced. And that person feels the need to suffer/bleed to be further convinced that the situation is real.

Yet I've seen male teenagers who cut themselves just because they think it's "cool". It's probably got to do with (not understanding) the music they listen to.

Self harming, is prominently seen in Teenage girls
It is a state of mind activity, which affect all ages of people. But mostly it is subjected to teenage when they feel that bleeding is necessary and situation is for real

[didster7]

I would disagree that self harm is found mostly in teenage girls. I work in a mental hospital and I guess most people would be surprised at the amount of self abuse. I have seen this behavior in age ranges from teens to people in their 50's. I do agree that it is mostly females who do self abuse, and as a survivor of sexual and physical abuse, I myself used to burn myself with lighters. There wasn't really just one reason but several that triggered the self abuse. Having a dissociative disorder, I sometimes did it just to feel something. Other times I did it to punish myself for telling the secrets while I was in therapy. I was always in an altered state of mind at the time of inflicting the abuse.

Hope this was helpful.