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It has come to my attention that every class i've ever had related to health or mental health has covered, in detail, both bulemia and anorexia. But none of the classes has ever even mentioned self injury. These are all self destructive behaviors, and I think that if people had more information on them, they wouldnt be so quick to judge because they would know more about it. Have any of you ever talked about this in class before? Even in my psychology class as a freshmen in college it never came up.
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Health is optional in my school. The closest my teachers ever got was talking about depression, and self injury was MENTIONED, that's it.
It's a very difficult subject to approach in a high school, however I don't understand why it wouldn't be covered in a college class. Or, teachers could be banned from talking about it, in the same way that teachers aren't allowed to teach us how condoms are used [and they wonder why so many of us got pregnant!].
Possibly, the fact that my school has shop areas might have something to do with it - anorexics clearly aren't eating, so it's obvious - but those cuts and burns could very well be from metal shards flying everywhere in manufacturing, or a hot tailpipe in automotive technologies.
Bring it up in class; that's the best way to make your opinions heard.
-LM
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I took a general psychology class [sophomore in college] last semester and we did not cover self injury, and we did have extensive discussions about anorexia and bulimia. I didn't even think about it while I had the class, but now that you mention it I agree that it should be something they cover along with other destructive behaviors. Maybe the next generation of psychologists and professors will see the impact self injury has and decide to teach more about it.
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I'm only in high school, but I've noticed the same thing.
Maybe the schools just don't want to expose kids to something as serious as that. Sure, bulimia and anorexia are serious matters, but I don't know.
--Jack
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