The practice of self-injury in young people
a pain to analyze
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https://doi.org/10.5935/1415-2762.20190088Keywords:
Self-Injurious Behavior, Psychoanalysis, Mental HealthAbstract
Pain is an experience considered unpleasant; however, there are situations in
which it is self-inflicted. The theme of this work involves the behavior of causing
pain through self-injury. Objective: to analyze the phenomenon of self-injury based
on the meanings attributed to pain perception by young people who undergo or
underwent this experience, besides identifying aspects related to the practice of selfinjury.
Method: it is a qualitative study, through semi-structured interviews, with 10
young people between 18 and 28 years old, who practice or have already practiced
self-injury. The data were analyzed by thematic content analysis technique and
interpreted by Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Results: seven categories were
identified, however, in this article only the categories “the meanings and senses of
pain” and “sensations and feelings” will be discussed. The first category includes the
themes “physical pain relieves emotional pain”, “good pain”, “intensity of pain” and
“desired pain”. The second category the themes “relief ” “anguish”, “guilt”, “sadness”
and “anger”. Conclusion: self-injury seems to be a discharge of unbearable psychic
contents and provides relief from psychic suffering.
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