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Sophie was a nice Christian teenager, the much-loved daughter of decent hard-working parents. One night she came back from babysitting and, almost without conscious motive, hit her leg with a coathanger. Then she tried whipping herself with a belt. The following day she scratched her arm repeatedly with the point of a compass. The sensation produced a warm sense of wellbeing, a release of tension. Thus began an eight-year struggle to conceal what was happening from her parents and friends; to reconcile this addiction with her faith; to find a stronger sense of self-worth; to find healing. Slowly, with lapses, she learned to identify the triggers and to realise that Jesus does not reject the self-harmer. Today Sophie works with teenagers and has considerable insight into how this very common problem can be tackled.
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Sophie Scott is the pen-name for an author living in Buckinghamshire, a youth worker in a local church. Because of her history of self-harm she wishes to conceal her identity for the sake of her family.
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I bought this book to find out what went on in the Self-Harmer's mind, whilst she was engaging in this self-destruction.
The book WAS very informative on that point. It also went into a lot of detail about methods people use to harm themselves. This is worrying and I would not want this book to be read by a vulnerable person. I admit that there was a warning,( at the front of a particular chapter ) that it would not be advised to read if one WAS a self-harmer or squeamish !
It was not THIS chapter that upset me, it was further on in the book when the author went on to describe HOW she was sexually assaulted as a very young child, by a female relative. I found THESE details distressing and I was unable to carry on and finish the last few chapters.
I would have liked a warning that these details were written !!!
The book WAS very informative on that point. It also went into a lot of detail about methods people use to harm themselves. This is worrying and I would not want this book to be read by a vulnerable person. I admit that there was a warning,( at the front of a particular chapter ) that it would not be advised to read if one WAS a self-harmer or squeamish !
It was not THIS chapter that upset me, it was further on in the book when the author went on to describe HOW she was sexually assaulted as a very young child, by a female relative. I found THESE details distressing and I was unable to carry on and finish the last few chapters.
I would have liked a warning that these details were written !!!
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