Teen Disorder Called Self-Embedding What is This Disorder and What Are the Signs

Self-Embedding Disorder Can Lead to Death

New Teen Disorder called Self-Embedding. I know teens go through a pretty stress time just like anyone of us, but come on inserting objects into their body like needles, staples, glass, crayons, paper clips and nails. I thought the Anorexia and Bulimia trend with teens over the past few years was bad enough. Now teens feel they have to use self-mutilation as another form of suicide? Many people might have never heard about Self-Embedding, but this disorder has been around for some time now, but is definitely creating a higher popularity within the past few months. Last year I had a neighbor of mine end up trying to commit suicide by cutting her arms, and ingesting a bottle of Cough medicine. She ended up going to the hospital come to find out she had a crayon imbedded in her feet. The question I had when I first heard this was" How the heck do you get a crayon embedded into your foot"? From what my neighbor told me the girl first cut her foot slightly opened then shoved the crayon as far as it would go into her foot.

Of course the girl ended up being admitted into UMDNJ located in New Jersey. What causes a teen to even think about Self-Embedding? Some teens may feel it's a way to deal with stress or should I say cope with their problems and crazy as it sounds some enjoy the comfort of Self-Embedding. How can inserting objects into any part of your body be comfort to you? I know when a needle is inserted into me to take blood I get all tensed up, and don't enjoy the pain. Some signs of self-injury or self-mutilations to me would be cutting yourself, swallowing toxic chemicals or objects like batteries, deliberately burning yourself with cigarettes or some sort of burning ignition, and another sign I feel can be a problem for self-mutilation is pulling out your hair. Did you know pulling out your hair is a Compulsive disorder just like an eating and gambling disorder? Hair pulling though I feel can definitely lead to self-Embedding for the simple fact of the enjoyment of pain some feel.