self-harm
自残,自我伤害,自伤,自虐
Definitions
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- : Also called self-in·ju·ry [self-in-juh-ree] /ˈsɛlfˈɪn dʒə ri/ . deliberate nonsuicidal injury to one’s own body tissue, as cutting or burning the skin, or pulling out hair, in a physical manifestation of emotional distress: Self-harm, eating disorders, and substance abuse were reported among victims of bullying.Formerly self-mu·ti·la·tion [self-myoot-l-ey-shuhn] /ˈsɛlfˌmyut lˈeɪ ʃən/ .
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- : to hurt oneself deliberately, without suicidal intention, as a physical manifestation of emotional distress: I self-harm to release the anxiety, but then I feel so much shame that I have to self-harm again to relieve that.
Examples
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Fajardo seconds the demand of the citizens of Manila that the Audiencia be suppressed, alleging that it does more harm than good.