I was reading one of the self-injury conference transcripts on HealthyPlace.com about getting help for self-harm. In it, Dr. Sharon Farber, therapist and author of When The Body Is The Target: Self-Harm, Pain and Traumatic Attachments, discusses her belief that self-injury is an addictive behavior. And it got me thinking, like many addicts, do self-injurers carry on their self-injurious behaviors throughout their lives, do they face relapses over time, and is it something they manage, much like any other addict who fights the urge to return to the bottle or some other addictive substance?
The Addictive Nature of Self-Injury
From her research, Dr. Farber found that most people self-injured in an attempt to solve emotional problems, to make himself or herself feel better. “It really served as a form of self-medication. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics use drugs or alcohol in order to medicate themselves, in order to calm themselves down or to rev themselves up, they use self-mutilation to make themselves feel better.”
Michelle Seliner LCSW, Chief Operating Officer for S.A.F.E. Alternatives, the nationally recognized self-injury treatment program, tells HealthyPlace.com that “although people can and do get better on their own, many find it incredibly difficult to stop self-injury behaviors as it provides an immediate sense of relief.”
But Ms. Seliner disagrees with Dr. Farber’s view of self-injury as an addiction. “While some of our clients have been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders which may need to be managed over their lifetime, we do not view the behavior of self-injury as an addiction,” says Ms. Seliner. “It is our belief that once a client resolves underlying issues, and learns to tolerate uncomfortable feelings rather than attempting to “stuff” them, self-injury becomes unnecessary. It is also our experience that when a client gets healthier, self-injury becomes painful rather than helpful.”
Ms. Seliner went onto say that professional treatment is almost a necessity when it comes to ending self-injurious behaviors. Both she and Dr. Farber told us that if the underlying emotional and psychological problems aren’t effectively dealt with in therapy, the self-injury behaviors will continue or a person may stop self-injuring on their own, but it’s not unusual that they turn to another form of self-soothing such as alcohol, drugs or sex.
Self-Injury Guest
You may know her on youtube as “sullengirl.” At 25, Christie has been engaged in self-injury for 12 years. In her guest post, she shares why she started self-injuring, her parents’ reaction to it, and tools she uses to reduce the urge to self-injure. We go into more detail on these and other topics on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show. Christie also discusses her fear that self-injury might last her lifetime. Plus, HealthyPlace Medical Director, Dr. Susan Wynne, shares her perspective on self-injury treatment and a lasting recovery. Watch it Wednesday, February 10, live at 3 p.m. CST. After that, on-demand.
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I began self-injuring at age 13, after I felt like I wasn’t understood by anyone and fell into a deep depression. Fights with my parents, having a hard time with school, and general anxiety prompted me to self-injure for the first time, because I felt like it calmed my nerves and alleviated my anger almost instantly. From there, I began using self-injury to respond to almost every emotional situation - be it sad, angry, disappointed, depressed, or general thoughts of self-loathing and body image. I felt like it numbed all of my emotional reactions and I began to depend on it.
I have been diagnosed by mental health professionals with Dysthymic Disorder (chronic depression), Social Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Injury (non-suicidal) and EDNOS (Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified). I was not formally given a psychiatric evaluation until 4 years ago. (read: Common Characteristics of the Self-Injurer)
The Effects of Self-Injury
Self-injury has impacted my life in many ways. Due to self-injuring so often during my formative teen years, I never fully learned how to deal with my emotions in a healthy way, and because of that it stunted my personal growth and understanding of my own feelings, and it also affected the way I created personal relationships, because instead of dealing with the outside world I shoved it all back with self-injury and covered up anything remotely uncomfortable. I think this directly contributed to my social anxiety issues and made my underlying depression worse.
My family members and friends have had mixed reactions to my self-injury. I did not reveal my self-injury behaviors to my parents until I was 17, although they may have had their suspicions. Their reaction was guilt, thinking they could have caused it in some way. Generally, my parents do not talk about self-injury, and like to push it under the rug because if it’s not talked about or recognized, it seems like it doesn’t exist. However, they are accepting of my behaviors. My extended family only have very vague limited knowledge of self-injury and my history. My friends all are aware of it, some of them engage in self-injury behaviors as well, and the ones who don’t have known me for 10+ years and are accepting. However, acquaintances are very judgmental so, generally, no one talks about it and I hide it at social events and in public.
I have been able to drastically reduce my urges to self-injure over the past 3-4 years by learning to talk and write about my feelings. In this way, I have become more in touch with the way things make me FEEL, and it is the first time in my life I have allowed myself to experience real emotions, and even cry and let myself be upset.
YouTube has been a huge outlet for me, allowing me to talk to people who understand where I am coming from instead of heading straight for a razor every time I am upset. I am also passionate about writing, so when I get urges to self-injure, I write anything from self-injury urge logs, to blogs, journal entries, songs, poetry or work on one of my novels-in-progress.
I feel that being open to your emotions and getting to the real reasons behind your triggers is the ONLY way to deal with the urges and reduce/stop them. I do not condone or approve of cover up or replacement behaviors such as snapping a rubber band on your wrist or holding ice to your arms, etc.
The upcoming HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show is for adult women. Our topic is: What to Do When Earlier Attempts at Eating Disorders Recovery Have Failed.
Some 10 to 15 percent of women suffer from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating or maladaptive eating attitudes according to a new study from the Université de Montréal and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.
According to news reports, some women develop eating disorders in their twenties, thirties, and forties because they, too, face increasing pressure to be thin, just like their teenage counterparts. The pressures of pregnancy, divorce, job loss, and other common issues faced by adult women also take their toll.
But many adult women with eating disorders were teenagers with anorexia and bulimia which carried into adulthood. Some made attempts at eating disorders recovery in their younger years and for a myriad of reasons, the recovery attempt either didn’t work out or didn’t last.
Now, in adulthood, these same women wonder whether they can be successful at eating disorders treatment.
In her interview on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show this week, Ms. Poppink defines what true recovery from an eating disorder really means and emphasizes that recovery can take place at any age.
Based in Los Angeles, California, Ms. Poppink says “over the years I’ve seen many people emerge from despair into a more full and fulfilling life.” At this point, if you’ve lived with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, you may be thinking: “That’s impossible!”
Ms. Poppink swears it’s not, but during the show, she does discuss what it really takes to recover from an eating disordered life. Are you ready? Watch the HeathyPlace Mental Health TV Show on-demand.
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We get a lot of email at HealthyPlace.com every month. I mean a real lot - thousands of emails. Besides answering emails to help people, I sift through them to gauge what’s on people’s minds. One topic that comes up frequently is alternative, natural, complementary treatments for depression, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, schizophrenia — well just about every mental health condition out there.
A significant number of people who write us about alternative mental health treatments are interested because they don’t like the side-effects of antidepressants, antipsychotics, antianxiey, or ADHD medications and are hoping that natural remedies, like herbs or supplements, or some alternative therapies such as neurofeedback or yoga will do the trick and relieve their unpleasant psychiatric symptoms.
As a rule of thumb, we usually point people to pertinent information on our site and encourage them to share that information and their concerns with their doctor. I guess it’s not too surprising when they write back and say all their doctor believes in is psychiatric medication and psychotherapy. And that’s the rub, says our guest on this week’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show.
Getting Doctors to Believe in Alternative Mental Health Treatments
Dr. Patricia Gerbarg is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at New York Medical College and a Harvard Medical School graduate (1975). Her research focuses on mind-body practices to enhance recovery from mass disasters, particularly the 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks, the Southeast Asia tsunami, and wartime events. She has lectured on integrative treatments in psychiatry at meetings of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Anxiety Disorders Association, the International Combat and Military Stress Conference, and many other medical conferences. She desparately wants to educate doctors in the U.S. about the value and effectiveness of complementary and alternative treatments in mental health care.
As you’ll see on this week’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show, Dr. Gerbarg isn’t saying throw away the psychiatric medications. She maintains that based on 30 years of research and clinical experience, there are safe, effective treatments for a wide range of mental health challenges like anxiety, PTSD, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia, as well as various medical conditions and that mental health patients can benefit from them.
Watch the show here. And Dr. Gerbarg’s award-winning book, How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care,is available here. The book is written for consumers and clinicians. Dr. Gerbarg says it “presents research evidence and guidelines for Integrative Treatments, inexpensive solutions that give the best results with the fewest side effects.” A guide to finding high quality supplements is included. Dr. Gerbarg is also offering our viewers her free newsletter on Integrative Psychiatry available by signing up on her website.
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For Anne A Johnson Davis, the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse started at the age of 3 and continued on until she was 17 years old. She was tortured by her parents, relatives and other cult members — all in the name of Satan. The details of this satanic ritual abuse (SRA), as well as her recovery, are laid out in her book “Hell Minus One“.
Does Satanic Ritual Abuse Really Exist?
Satanic ritual abuse is controversial in that many police authorities and psychology experts don’t believe it exists. This stems from the fact that many of the people who claim to be victims of satanic ritual abuse who come forward don’t have any evidence to back up their claims, therefore law enforcement looks at these as unsubstantiated stories. Others have “recovered memories” of ritualistic abuse through psychotherapy techniques that are now long discredited.
Proof of Satantic Ritual Abuse
What makes Ms. Davis’ story unique is that her parents confessed, both verbally and in writing, to detectives in the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The confessions came in the 1990’s when Ms. Davis was already an adult in her 30s … and after she had undergone therapy to find out what was behind repeated episodes of often uncontrollable bouts of rage. That’s when the memories of abuse began to unfold. But unlike other victims of satantic ritual abuse, those graphic confessions by her own parents put to rest claims that Ms. Davis was a victim herself - of false-memory syndrome (memories suggested or implanted by a therapist or other person).
Ms. Davis will be joining us for our first tv show of the new year, Tuesday, January 12, to share more of her story, how she recovered, and to offer words of encouragement to other victims of ritualistic abuse or any kind of child abuse.
About the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show
The HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show airs live every Tuesday night at 5:30 pm PST, 7:30 pm CST, and 8:30 pm EST. Our guest will be taking your personal questions.
If you miss the live show which can be viewed on our site, you can always click the “on-demand” button on the player and watch the show at your convenience.
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My name is Douglas Cootey. I’m a 42 year old stay-at-home dad on disability and I have had ADHD all my life. When I was three weeks old, if a parent placed a finger in both of my hands I would brace my legs against them and stand up. My head would flop around, but up I’d be. Performing this trick for my pediatrician introduced my parents to the world of ADHD in the 60s. Back then, it was referred to as hyperkinesis. By third grade, I was taking ritalin daily except weekends to help me in my studies. Before that, I had spent large amounts of time banished to the library room for wiggling in class.
Depression didn’t manifest itself until I was around 15 years old. A day trip to Boston Children’s Hospital to investigate my moodiness, sleep paralysis, and insomnia yielded only an IQ quotient and that I was hyperkinetic, something I already knew. That was 1983. Eight years later, I was married and struggling with college. It was then that I sought out help and was diagnosed with depression. To treat both my ADHD and my depression I took Desoxyn and Zoloft. For three weeks, I was incredibly productive, but the Desoxyn added a new problem into my life. A small percentage of people taking it develop Tourette’s Syndrome. I was one of the lucky few. Because I stopped taking the medicine, I didn’t develop full blown Tourette’s, but the damage had been done. I was neurologically disabled for life with a Chronic Motor Tic Disorder. It was 1992, and I was only 25.
Impact of Adult ADHD and Depression
How this affected me was profound. Besides low self-esteem, a lack of focus, and a third major in as many schools—all due to my ADHD—I now ticked uncontrollably when fatigued or anxious. I withdrew from society and friends. If I thought I had been moody before, this new kink in my life spawned a dark depression full of suicidal ideation and self-loathing that lasted four years. I kept my self-esteem locked away in the basement of my life. (Read-Impact of ADHD on Adults)
Being disabled and having kids meant that my wife worked and I was the care taker. This turned out to be a benefit. My daughters’ unconditional love made me face an uncomfortable fact: I was loved, I mattered, and my daughters and wife needed me. Coupled with therapy and a realization that my depression altered my perception of events around me, I began to train myself to think positively—to enforce optimism where I wouldn’t have before. Opportunities that I had turned a blind eye to before began to present themselves to me. I also began to like myself by using self-deprecating humor. This was the beginning of a ten-year long battle.
Psychotropic medicines didn’t work for me, so I had to train myself to rethink how I processed the world. I reasoned to myself that if my mind steered me into depression, then I could steer myself out of it. First, I learned to recognize when I was depressed (quite a feat to be sure) and then began to find ways to offset it. Soon, months of depression became weeks, and over the years the bouts of depression shorted to days, then hours. What I discovered on my own we now refer to as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, something I am a strong advocate of today.
Nowadays, I blog about my attempts to master my mental health with attitude and cheek, while pursuing my desires to be a novelist, all while running four beautiful girls around Salt Lake County (Blog-A Splintered Mind). My ticking has progressively worsened, but I force myself out more than ever before in the past 17 years. Depression flares up from time to time, but I manage it. ADHD lurks in the background like my own personal Loki, pulling the rug out from under me, but I laugh. Life is tough, then I move on—just like everybody else. I have been to the dark place of my mind and will not return there again. Now, perhaps, my experience will help others avoid that dark place as well.
There are two types of depression that can exist with ADHD; primary and secondary depression. The risk for primary depression seems to be inherited and doesn’t need any specific circumstances, like a job loss or relationship breakup, to make its appearance. Major depression tends to run in families.
In other cases, depression arising as a direct consequence of the difficulties of living with ADHD is said to be secondary to ADHD. As you can imagine, many children with ADHD grow up with poor self-esteem and in their later years come to accept the idea they are lazy and stupid. This especially applies to those who weren’t correctly diagnosed or treated for ADHD in childhood. It’s no wonder that as adults, they are suffering with depression too.
Living with ADHD and Depression: Our Guest
Douglas Cootey writes an insightful blog on the subject entitled A Splintered Mind. He’s a 42-year old stay-at-home dad caring for four girls. Living with ADHD and depression makes it difficult for him to work. His illnesses are complicated by the fact that early on, he was given Desoxyn to help treat his ADHD and depression. A rare side-effect of the stimulant, Desoxyn, is Chronic Motor Tic Disorder, similar to Tourette Syndrome. He has that too.
The effect of all this on his life has been profound. It took 10-years, but Douglas, who has developed a keen sense of humor, has found some helpful ways of coping. We’ll be discussing those on Tuesday’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show.
About the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show
The HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show airs live every Tuesday night at 5:30 pm PST, 7:30 pm CST, and 8:30 pm EST. Our guest will be taking your personal questions.
If you miss the live show which can be viewed on our site, you can always click the “on-demand” button on the player and watch the show at your convenience.
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My name is Kenneth Burchfiel (not to be confused with my dad, who is also Kenneth Burchfiel). I’m 18 years old, and a student at Middlebury College in Vermont.
It’s difficult for me to say when scrupulosity first appeared. On Christmas 2007, I received a book with a modernist take on Christianity and the gospels; that seemed to spark an intense period of doubt, searching and longing for answers.
What It’s Like Living with Scrupulosity
These were certainly religious obsessions, but I don’t know if a psychologist would call that scrupulosity. I do know that by early January 2009, I was experiencing a rather intense case of scrupulosity. I would apologize to God for extended periods, sometimes crying, for apparent sins like an unwanted thought that crossed into my head.
From January to late February, when I found out I had scrupulosity, I was very much in a disordered state, perhaps even delusional. I felt an immense and frequent urge to repent for sins, which was my way of dealing with the anxiety that scrupulosity created. (I would like to mention here that religion itself does not cause scrupulosity; the disease, a variant of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, stems more from neurotransmitter imbalances in the brain. Religion is simply the “theme” it assumes.)
Getting Treatment for Scrupulosity
Eventually, I acquiesced to my parents’ urging that I see a psychiatrist. They knew the state I was in. My dad saw me apologizing to God over a dozen times during dinner, making conversation all but impossible, and lying on the floor crying one day. I did not realize that the disease was a medical and not spiritual problem (though it certainly had spiritual consequences); that was why I had avoided going for help. That fact led to my recovery.
The psychiatrist suggested to me that I had a “mood disorder.” This struck me as odd, for I still felt this disease was spiritual. But once I got home, and started looking into the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (and namely scrupulosity), I was stunned to see how my symptoms of blasphemous thoughts (which appeared in my head without warning) and compulsions matched up so well with those on the site. I was never formally diagnosed with OCD, as that can cause complications in itself, but I certainly have suffered from it, and have worked with two psychiatrists to overcome my symptoms.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder resulted in many compulsions of mine, naturally, and put a number of disturbing thoughts into my head. If you have seen my Suite101 articles on Pure-O OCD, you’ll come to understand some of the experiences I went through. But the hardest symptoms to deal with were the constant feelings of guilt and sadness.
OCD took all the joy and fun out of life. Instead of being elated that I got into Middlebury Collee, to which I had applied Early Decision, I was quiet and almost indifferent about it. I didn’t really listen to music for a good segment of time. Depression likely arose from my OCD, though a psychiatrist would know better than I.
I did tell a small group of people about my experiences with religious obsessions and compulsions. Everyone was understanding, though my father, who has his reservations about Christianity, felt that religion was the source of my symptoms before learning about OCD. (My psychiatrist happened to be Catholic, and that may have helped convince my dad that neurotransmitter issues, not religion, was the problem.) I know it hurt my parents to see me in that state, although everyone I talked to was compassionate and sympathetic, even if they weren’t able to fully understand my experiences.
I want everyone to know treatment for OCD can help. With guidance from a number of sites and an excellent book, I went through “Exposure-Response Prevention” therapy, a form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, in which I would expose myself to the blasphemous thoughts I experienced–first by letting them come on their own, then deliberately thinking them, then even writing them and saying them out loud–to create a manageable level of anxiety in my head. I would then either delay my repentance or not repent altogether, which allowed my mind to get accustomed to the anxiety on its own. This is a fairly common and widely accepted treatment method for OCD. It truly turned my life around.
Eventually, the thoughts no longer had control over me. I still repented for non-sinful things, and I still do, but my symptoms are fairly mild at this point. Also beneficial were a series of medications I took and continue to take. Finally, I cannot overestimate the influence of my friends’ and family’s prayers for me, which God answered in a powerful way.
Finally, I would like to emphasize that religion is not the cause of scrupulosity; rather, genetics and neurotransmitters play an important role.
At some time or another, we all worry that we’ve done something wrong and there’s going to be a price to pay. For most of us, we deal with it and move on. Those suffering with scrupulosity, however, are obsessed about religious or moral issues and experience intense, painful guilt.
Here’s an example of scrupulosity I came across on the Anxiety Disorders Association of America website. A therapist relates this story:
I pass by a picture of my kids and think, “Satan: they are my gift to you,” my new client John, a wonderful husband, father of three and successful businessman tells me. “Why would I think that? I would never sell my soul to the Devil.” On another day, he says in shame, “We are cutting shapes out of construction paper at the table and I’m thinking the Devil will make me lose control…In church finally, I’m feeling hope and then I think maybe God wants me to harm someone. I would never sell my soul; that is the last thing God would want.”
A form of OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), scrupulosity involves an overzealous concern that behavior or thoughts may in some way be displeasing, or disrespecting to God. “Repetitive and excessive prayer continue to plague those persons with this type of OCD. Scrupulosity also can involve the need to adhear to a strict code of values or ridigidly follow the ethics of a law abiding citizen,” says Steven Phillipson, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy.
Hit with Scrupulosity While Searching for God
Kenneth is an 18-year old college student, who just two years ago was searching for some meaning in God. On Christmas Day 2007, he received a book on Christianity and the gospels. By 2009, “I was experiencing a rather intense case of scrupulosity; I would apologize to God for extended periods, sometimes crying, for apparent sins like an unwanted thought that crossed into my head.”
As his mental health deteriorated, his parents urged him to see a psychiatrist. How did things turn out? Join us Tuesday night on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show (this show was rescheduled to Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 5:30p CT, 6:30 ET).
About the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show
The HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show airs live every Tuesday night at 5:30 pm PST, 7:30 pm CST, and 8:30 pm EST. Our guest and HealthyPlace Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft, will be taking your personal questions. If you miss the live show, which can be viewed on our site, you can always click the “on-demand” button on the player and watch the show at your convenience.
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Stopping compulsive overeating isn’t as simple as just saying you’ll quit. As HealthyPlace.com Medical Director, Dr. Harry Croft explains in this week’s blog post, there’s a significant emotional component to compulsive overeating.
Most overeaters use food as a way to hide from emotions, fill a void inside, and cope with daily stresses. Many people dealing with compulsive overeating feel guilty for not being “good enough,” shame for being overweight, and have very low self-esteem. They turn to food to cope with their painful feelings, which only leaves them feeling worse. Sufferers often have a constant need for love and validation, and without it, may go into obsessive episodes of overeating as a way to forget the pain.
Coping with Compulsive Overeating
As a group, compulsive overeaters tend to be overweight, have a history of weight fluctuations, and are usually aware that their eating habits are abnormal. Our guest on this week’s HealthyPlace Mental Health TV show is no exception.
Josie Lenore first began to use food for emotional soothing when she was around 9 or 10 years old and that’s when she first noticed her weight start to creep up. By the time she was 17 and at college, Josie received a full-immersion crash course in disordered eating from the “bikini clad laxative popping” girls in her dorm. Her weight would go up and down by 30 or so pounds for the next several years. She tells HealthyPlace.com that she was determined to be thin and she tried everything, “literally everything.” But each attempt missed the mark and added insult to injury.
Josie eventually recovered from overeating with the help of some well-known books on compulsive overeating and some information she found tucked away in a research study she came across. She’ll be sharing her story Tuesday night. (Josie if offering HealthyPlace TV viewers a chance to download her free audio)
About the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show
The HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show airs live every Tuesday night at 5:30 pm PST, 7:30 pm CST, and 8:30 pm EST. Our guest will be taking your personal questions.
If you miss the live show which can be viewed on our site, you can always click the “on-demand” button on the player and watch the show at your convenience.
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