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Originally Posted by Lbien6
I don’t meant to play semantics, but I have a question.
I see self destruction/self-sabotage as a different construct from self-injury.
Similar, yes. Destruction/sabotage and injury are both harmful. And both equally not mentally sound.
Self-injury feels more like a coping mechanism.
Self-sabotage feels more like punishment.
When I see the word self-injury, I think of self mutilation, or direct physical harming—on purpose. And self-sabotage, I think of harming yourself in the big picture and of harming your psych—on purpose.
Am I way off, here? What do you all think?
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Yeah, I agree too. I choose very carefully how I phrase things or refer to things. Where I live SI is a term that is not used- self harm is but I prefer SI. I never refer to it as self mutilation. SI is certainly a coping mechanism, and I see injury as a physical thing and harm as more of a psychological thing...
Don't know if I made any sense.
ps This topic reminded of years and years ago when SI was 'unknown', trying to explain myself to medical ppl... the difference between wanting to HURT myself and wanting to KILL myself. No-one could understand why I would do these things and yet want to live.... (Totally irrelevant sorry lol)!!!