SELF-MUTILATION IN ADOLESCENCE AND CAUSAL MULTIPLICITY: PSYCHOANALYSIS IN UNIJUI'S INTEGRATOR PROJECT II

Self-injury refers to a set of behaviors that result in intentional harm to the individual. Why do teenagers self-harm? The objective is to delineate the possible causes from a psychoanalytical point of view. For that, it uses a qualitative methodology with a descriptive nature and an experience report. Self-mutilation is a means that allows adolescents to temporarily free themselves from internal anguish. The practice generates relief but entails the need for maintenance. They suffer, they cut, and they repeat it in a continuous motion. It is concluded that contagion, bullying, adolescence, genetics, lack of support, drug use, religiosity, history of violence, but most importantly family conflict are attributable to the role of encouraging adolescents to be prone to self-mutilation