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TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The 16-year-old went to the emergency room because of a painful infection in her arm. When doctors used ultrasound on the area, they were shocked to see about 20 foreign objects under her skin, including a paper clip, a screw from a pair of eyeglasses and multiple pieces of pencil lead.
'Self-Embedding' Takes Teen Self-Injury to the Extreme - MSN Health & Fitness - Depression
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"One girl told us it's easier to deal with physical pain than the emotional pain in her life," Shiels said. "The reason they cut and embed is an effort to relieve their internal pain, the pain that's inside."
Scary stuff.
#1 - Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:37 PM EDTThis is really scary. Self injury, itself is scary to someone who has never experienced it for themselves. (I am in no way promoting self injury) I have self injured in the past and this is even scary to me.
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