This is a common habit, affecting as many as 50% of children between the ages of 10 and 18 years of age. Most people, however, stop biting their nails on...
Nonsuicidal self-injury, or self-harm, is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself. This type of self-injury is a distressing way to cope with emotional pain, intense anger and frustration. It includes any type of intentionally self-inflicted injury, regardless of the severity. Often, self-harm is an attempt to cope with emotional or physical distress that seems overwhelming or to cope with a profound sense of dissociation or being trapped, helpless, and “damaged.” While self-harm may bring a momentary sense of calm and a release of tension, it’s usually followed by guilt and shame and the return of painful emotions.
Binge eating disorder is twice as common among women than men and is characterized by episodes of binge eating — eating an amount of food that is larger than what...
Going through a trauma may increase a person's suicide risk. For example, there is evidence that childhood abuse and sexual trauma may increase a person's suicide risk. Among Veterans, some...
Self-mutilation in people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD self-mutilation), and in general, is deliberate and direct self-harm, such as cutting or burning, with the intent to injure or destroy body...
Many people pick at their skin once in a while, but sometimes it crosses the line into a condition called skin picking disorder (excoriation). When this happens, picking at the...
People who have trichotillomania have an irresistible urge to pull out their hair, usually from their scalp, eyelashes, and eyebrows. Trichotillomania is a type of impulse control disorder. People with...
It may not be surprising that PTSD and drug and alcohol use commonly co-occur. That is, study after study has found that people with PTSD often also have problems with...