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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 163111" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>You labelled his cutting as attention seeking (i.e., "attention getter"). Brat, bad, manipulative.....call it what you will, labelling behavior "attention getting" is minimizing the neurobiological causes and making it an act of pure choice. "Attention seeking behavior" has certain connotations that "cry for help" doesn't have. Nor does it acknowledge the neurological aspects of the behavior (i.e., the feeling of release that comes from cutting). </p><p></p><p>Look, I've been there done that. My son self-mutilated by burning, freezing (canned air), cutting himself with paper clips, even glass he picked up in the street when he was most stressed while taking an antidepressant. While there are some drama queen types who do it for show, it distresses me to see a difficult child already being medicated for a neurobiological disorder having his self-mutilation being dismissed as "attention getting". That diminishes the severity of his condition. It makes his behavior an act of choice. When you do that, you fail to appreciate how he's suffering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 163111, member: 1498"] You labelled his cutting as attention seeking (i.e., "attention getter"). Brat, bad, manipulative.....call it what you will, labelling behavior "attention getting" is minimizing the neurobiological causes and making it an act of pure choice. "Attention seeking behavior" has certain connotations that "cry for help" doesn't have. Nor does it acknowledge the neurological aspects of the behavior (i.e., the feeling of release that comes from cutting). Look, I've been there done that. My son self-mutilated by burning, freezing (canned air), cutting himself with paper clips, even glass he picked up in the street when he was most stressed while taking an antidepressant. While there are some drama queen types who do it for show, it distresses me to see a difficult child already being medicated for a neurobiological disorder having his self-mutilation being dismissed as "attention getting". That diminishes the severity of his condition. It makes his behavior an act of choice. When you do that, you fail to appreciate how he's suffering. [/QUOTE]
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