Find out if your teen is engaged in self-harm!

Teen Self Harm

Self-harm or abuse in teenagers have reached to an overwhelming situation, and so as the concern of parents, teachers and health professionals are consistently engaged to find out an ultimate solution for this growing problem. Although it is very difficult to understand completely why teens engage in such activities, while majority of teenagers have stated that they want a quick relief from the overburdened stress or any such problems that make them feel disturb, and when they hurt their body, it provides a temporary sense of relief.

Self-abuse or harming is more common in teen girls than teen boys, so parents of teenage girls should take particular attention to it. Snooping periodically into the activities of teenagers, checking out their room and cupboards properly just to find out if there are some stuffs like blades or other things with sharp edges etc.

Parents of teenagers can recognize a teen that is doing harm to his/her body:

• You’ll find out that teen tends to be more secretive than before as he/she don’t want to disclose self-harming, as they know that parents or family members’ reaction will hurt them more. Teen secretive behavior i.e. hiding something, covering up arms or body with clothes; which you as a parent notice unusual behavior.

• Teen is often found isolated in his/her room and don’t take interest in gathering.

• Cuts or bruises or burns found on teen’s arm or other places of body.

• Changes in behavior, moods and social gathering (friends etc)

It is hard for parents to entirely dig into the teen’s self-abuse problem and to find out that they are engaged into it as such teens try hard to hide it from others. But effectively noticing the activities of teen you can find out. If there is evidence of self-harm in a teen, serious actions and early intervention is very necessary as this problem is addictive.