Dogs, I wanted to appologize. Rapunzel's response caught me so totally off guard I fail to welcome you into our little home. I am glad you found us. And yes biting is a form of self injury. I have had bite marks linger for days. Cutting is just the most recognized because it is something no one but a self injurer will do. How many non-self injurers have smacked themselves in a state of extreme frustration, or pulled their hair or hit a wall? Therefore it seems to me that focusing on cutting is safer for the masses because many self injury methods are used by the "normal" people in times of extremely high agitation. This of course is just my opinion and not backed up with any scientific data whatsoever.
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