Their injuries may vary from minor cuts that heal quickly to very serious wounds that leave permanent scars. This is just an overview of a very complex myriad of syndromes. The late Princess Diana's word's shocked the world when she admitted in a television interview that she intentionally cut her arms and legs and had thrown herself down a flight of stairs on more than one occasion. After that interview thousands of self-injury survivors called or wrote the media in response to that interview in just the United States alone . Cutting seems to be the most common type of self-injury.
Some people burn themselves with cigarettes or lighters, others pull out their own hair.
This may be the first time or thing that they have felt a sense of control in their lives. Most agree that incidents of self-injury are triggered by stress and anxiety. People who self-injure are at risk for infections if their wounds are not treated properly. Permanent scarring can also result from self-injury and often does. This problem is not completely understood by health care professionals or psychologists.