And it seems as though it is becoming a new trend, especially among the youth of today s world. Self mutilation is also known as self injury or cutting. This infliction strikes more women than men, and the most common way of self injury is cutting oneself with sharp objects like knives, razor blades, or sharp glass. It is estimated that 80 percent of self mutilators are women who are usually in their teens and early twenties. Even children as young as three or four will engage in acts of self mutilation, but it is not common.
Most self mutilators come from middle class families.
It used to be that self mutilation was commonly seen in eating disorders and people with Borderline Personality Disorders, or had been sexually abused as a child, but these days, it seems like a lot more people are participating in this dangerous act. There are a lot of reasons why people self-injure. In the case of a person who has been sexually abused, cutting may be a way of gaining some control. In the case of people with eating disorders, it is usually an issue of low self esteem and a lot of self hatred. Cutting also has a ritualistic feel to it, something people with eating disorders are already intimate with.