![]() ![]() Just over half the participants said that it was important to see blood when they self-harmed, with the most common explanation being that it helps relieve tension and induces calmness. With an average age of 19, and 82 per cent being female, the students answered questions about their self-harming and other psychological problems and specifically reported on the importance of the sight of blood. Glenn and Klonsky recruited 64 self-harmers from a mass screening of 1,100 new psychology students. However, this is the first systematic investigation on the topic. ‘I think it’s time to bleed I’m gonna cut myself and Watch the blood hit the ground,’ sings Korn on Right Now. ‘Yeah you bleed just to know you’re alive,’ sing the Goo Goo dolls in Iris. There are plenty of anecdotal reports hinting at the importance of the sight and taste of blood to self-harmers, as well as references in popular music. That’s according to a new study by Catherine Glenn and David Klonsky that suggests it is those self-harmers who have more serious psychological problems who are more likely to say the sight of blood is important. The sight of their own blood plays a key role in the comfort that some non-suicidal people find in deliberately cutting themselves. ![]()
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