A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
"A bright red scream" is how one of the subjects Marilee Strong interviews in this chilling yet compassionate study of self-mutilation describes the sensation of intentionally inflicting pain upon oneself. It is a compulsion that, while shocking and bewildering to most people, affects 2 million or more Americans and countless others around the globe--one of whom, the late Princess Diana,...
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Top tags: psychology, self-injury, cutting, mental health, non-fiction
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