Using a qualitative and interpretive mode of explanation, this study explored the widespread phenomenon of selfinjury in relation to the self, the body, and meanings ascribed to acts of injuring the self via the body. Findings highlighted the body’s communicative role in the symbolic expression of traumatic experiences, its physiological role in emotion regulation, and the addictive propensities of selfinjury. From a sociological point of view, instant emotion regulation allows individuals to avoid social stigma, and well managed social performances in turn protect social bonds. This study shows that nonsuicidal selfinjury (NSSI) cannot be conceptualised as simply another personality disorder or mental illness.
Using a qualitative and interpretive mode of explanation, this study explored the widespread phenomenon of selfinjury in relation to the self, the body, and meanings ascribed to acts of injuring the self via the body. Findings highlighted the body’s communicative role in the symbolic expression of traumatic experiences, its physiological role in emotion regulation, and the addictive propensities of selfinjury. From a sociological point of view, instant emotion regulation allows individuals to avoid social stigma, and well managed social performances in turn protect social bonds. This study shows that nonsuicidal selfinjury (NSSI) cannot be conceptualised as simply another personality disorder or mental illness.
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