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Summary: Helps to understand and to heal from self-injury
Review: As a cutter, this book to me was a light of hope that I could get better. It also helped me understand some of the underlaying problems and feelings that I might need to deal with in order to end my cutting.If you or anyone you care for is a cutter, this book offers insight, stories, and hope.
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I self-injured for many years as a teen and young adult. Only recently have I found books that have helped open a window into the question of "why?" Unfortunately, this book wasn't so compelling. I found the explanations trite and condescending... Unlike other books, the author seemed to have a hidden contempt for people who self-injure. Do you recall what it was like to have your mother or father speak to a neighbor about you- even though you were right there in the room? That is exactly how it felt to read this book.
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Summary: A Good Place to Start
Review: I really appreciated this book for the way in which the subject was introduced. As a cutter, I was looking for something to relate to, as I don't know anyone else who cuts. The book was very comforting in that sense. The experiences matched mine and created this overwhelming validation. I'm *not* crazy. I couldn't put the book down. It also had a very good section addressed to families and friends. This was very helpful. I'm going to have my parents read it. Thanks so much.
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Summary: Some good, but a lot bad
Review: It seems ironic to me that Mr. Levenkron says in this book how self-injurers are treated with contempt and misunderstood, but he himself misunderstands the basic facts. He bases his conclusions on self-injurers merely from a few girls he sees himself, and there are faults with this: one being, most of the girls he sees have been abused in the past, and while I admit that many are abused, not all self-injurers are abused, a fact he seems to overlook. As he says in his book, self-injury needs more attention, and I agree, but I'm not sure as if this sort of attention is what the sufferers need. A good book if all you're interested in is one person's view but if you want a balanced opinion, pass this one by.
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Summary: I must be the only.......
Review: I must be the only "cutter" that didn't come from a broken/abusive/etc home. Though I found some of the book informative, the focus on child abuse throws me for a loop.
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Summary: I need to talk to this author
Review: There are many things in this book that are completely true and then there are other things that have nothing to do with it. I want to talk to the author though so if anyone has his email address, I would appreciate it if you could send it to me. michelle
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Summary: an ignorant and damaging study of a serious syndrome
Review: Self injury is an area of psychological study that has been seriously misrepresented in public literature. Levenkron has done a great disservice to the community and to self injurers by continuing this all too common error. This book is not a fair examination of a very serious syndrome, but a biased and incomplete book designed more to provide a soapbox for Levenkron's studies in anorexia nervosa. This is not helpful for anyone trying to understand self injury. "Cutting" is a great step backwards for everyone striving to understand self injury as a very real problem.
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Summary: Very informative
Review: This book was very helpful. It helped me to understand the feelings behind my behavior. I think that anybody that harms themselves, or loved ones of those people should read this book.
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Summary: A Triggering Title.
Review: I read this book almost a year ago and it is very informative. However, I find the title of the book to be in poor taste. I feel the author could have chosen a more appropriate title to state the obvious...
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Summary: Supporters of cutters should read this book!
Review: I read this book because a good friend of mine has been cutting herself, and I was hoping to gain an understanding of what was driving her to do such a (to my mind) bizarre thing, and what if anything I could do to help. This book is great both for cutters and for those close to them, as it speaks to both. Most importantly, my friend read it too, and it has helped us have a good dialogue about the book and about her situation. If you read this book and keep in mind Levenkron's advice when you are interacting with a cutter, you might help that person to feel more comfortable with you and other people, thereby alleviating some of her isolation and desire to cut.
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