#automutilat

• Self-harmed — Having sustained wounds, injuries, or bodily harm intentionally inflicted by oneself; a person who resorts to physical self-aggression as a dysfunctional coping mechanism for acute psychological distress or severe emotional trauma. In a clinical sense, it describes the state of an individual affected by non-suicidal self-injury, manifested through cutting, burning, or other violations of their own tissue integrity.
• Self-harmed — The feminine form of the term automutilat; describes a female individual, an anatomical area, or a bodily structure that has undergone a deliberate act of physical injury inflicted by oneself. From a therapeutic standpoint, the term is used when assessing emotional boundaries, indicating highly harmful coping mechanisms triggered by the inability to verbalize mental pain.