Self-harm is an area of mental health challenges that parents really struggle to understand. And of course it can’t be simplified down to a few sentences. But these are some reasons why your daughter might be self-harming: 🩹 She does it as a form of self-punishment 🩹 It reflects her shame and self-loathing 🩹It is used as way of turning emotional pain into physical While these are slightly different, they all demonstrate that when someone self-harms, they do it because they don’t know how to f