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A Bright Red Scream : Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain by Strong, Marilee is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Bright Red Scream : Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain about?
In A Bright Red Scream, Marilee Strong explodes the myths and stereotypes that have led many therapists to misdiagnose and mistreat cutters as failed suicides or masochists. Through interviews with dozens of psychiatrists, doctors, researchers, clinicians, and cutters, Strong explains how cutting can become a powerful coping mechanism for dealing with overwhelming emotional pain and gaining control over an out-of-control mind and body. She presents startling new biological research - including evidence of profound changes in brain chemistry and structure as a result of exposure to childhood trauma - that may explain why cutting is even more difficult to give up than alcohol or drug addictions or eating disorders. Finally, Strong includes information on what people with the affliction and those close to them can do to start the process of healing.
Who reads A Bright Red Scream : Self-mutilation and the Language of Pain?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Strong, Marilee
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140280531
- Category
- self-help
- Subjects
- Medical, Fiction, Self Help
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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