5 Ways You Are Self Harming
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2019-10-31

Self-harm comes in many different forms and shapes including emotional self-harming and physical self-harming like cutting. This video is made possible by the Great Courses Plus.
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Someone who is depressed may try to isolate themselves or over-exercise themselves to get their minds out of negativity.  Though depression is often an indicator of someone who's likely to self-harm, it is not always the case. Someone without depression may still self-harm. This video helps us recognize 5 ways that someone could be self-harming. 

#selfharm #suicideawareness #psychology

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Script Writer: Katherine DeGilio
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Special Thanks to Yumika Tsui 

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Helpful Resources

Self-Harm:
1-800-DON’T-CUT and 1-800-334-HELP

1-800-334-HELP is a 24-hour service for a number of things.
http://www.selfinjury.com

Insomnia:
https://sleepfoundation.org/

Eating Disorders:
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline
https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/blog/2016/08/25/how-to-overcome-excessive-exercise-eating-disorder-treatment-beth-riley

PTSD:
Boys Town National Hotline 1-800-448-3000.
Text CONNECT to 741741 for PTSD episodes. They are also on call 24-hours.

Suicide-
1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

Refrences
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“Sleep Deprivation As A Form Of Self-Harm…?” My PTSD Forum, www.myptsd.com/c/threads/sleep-deprivation-as-a-form-of-self-harm.58936/.

“The Dangers of Too Much Exercise: There’s a Limit to How Much Good Running Can Do.” Time, Time, time.com/3692668/when-exercise-does-more-harm-than-good/.

Team, Heart and Vascular. “Can Too Much Extreme Exercise Damage Your Heart?” Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic, 15 July 2015, health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/09/can-too-much-extreme-exercise-damage-your-heart/.

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