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How do we care for wounds that are invisible? How do we talk about invisible wounds? How do we commemorate them? How do we express that they shaped what we are today? How do we visualize healing? Self-mutilation is generally seen only as a negative re- sponse to trauma. But when trauma cannot be expressed, other forms of communication become necessary. As gestural communication, self-mutilation can reorganize and stabilize the trauma victim’s world, providing a ‘voice on the skin’ when the actual voice is forbidden. Janice McLane, <strong>The</strong> Voice on the Skin (1996) 16
✬ ✫ Thinking about placebo surgery . . . Placebo surgery means that the skin, tissues, and even bones are cut like in real surgery but the main task of the surgery is not done. In many cases people get better nonetheless, just as if they had had real surgery. You can read about placebo surgery in these articles, or find more articles <strong>yourself</strong>: Sham surgery (Wikipedia) Placebo Surgery? (2008) Placebo Surgery Shows Surprising Results (2004) Placebo Surgery Trial Studied For Parkinson (2004) Knee Surgery Proves No Better Than Placebo (2002) Doctors drill into patients’ heads in placebo surgery (1999) Why does placebo surgery help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ✩ ✪
Page 2: hurting yourself how to take care o
Page 5 and 6: Contents Self-injury is a common be
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Page 9 and 10: You can listen to Ruta Mazelis in t
Page 11 and 12: Did you know that nearly every cult
Page 13 and 14: Making wounds visible What differen
Page 15: But how do we make these wounds vis
Page 19 and 20: Harm Reduction Harm reduction means
Page 21 and 22: Harm Reduction Ideas pulling and le
Page 23 and 24: How do you care for yourself? You a
Page 25 and 26: � hot showers / baths � a cuddl
Page 27 and 28: � a warm scarf or a blanket � c
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Page 31 and 32: Hurting yourself is not the problem
Page 33 and 34: How do you feel about hurting yours
Page 35 and 36: How did you feel while doing it? Di
Page 37 and 38: What is most important for you, for
Page 39 and 40: Do others know that you injure your
Page 41 and 42: Was there anything that felt good a
Page 43 and 44: What comes to your mind first when
Page 45: Bodies are landscapes of who we are
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