It is often linked to feelings of self-hatred and depression and appears more common in women than men.
自残往往和自我厌恶、抑郁有关，女性比男性更为普遍。Vincent van Gogh's fame may owe as much to a legendary act of self-harm, as it does to his self-portraits.
文森特·梵高那富有传奇色彩的自残行为和他的自画像一样成就了他的名气。Van gogh finished this painting at the beginning of 1889, just a month after he killed himself.
梵高于1889年年初完成这幅作品，正好在他自残后一个月。Some find it difficult to give up the behaviour despite realising that it could be life-threatening and is not rational.
有些人即使认识到自残可能有生命危险、而且是非理性的，但仍然很难停止这种行为。There, people exchange highly personal stories about their emotional disorders, ranging from bipolar disease to a desire to cut themselves.
在这个讨论板上，人们交流非常私密的情绪失调经历，内容从躁郁症到自残欲望，可谓五花八门。The cause is unknown but it may be the result of unintentional self-mutilation.
其原因不明，但可能是由于无意自残。a New York City cop who goes on a self-destructive spree upon causing the death of his friend in a moment of cowardice.
片中凯奇是以为纽约市警察，因为过去一个不堪回首的往事参加了一个自残宴会：由于自己的一时怯懦害死了自己的朋友。Some people say cutting their skin brings them relief from emotional pain - an act usually referred to as self-harm.
有些人说割破皮肤———一种常被视为自残的行为能缓解他们情绪上的痛苦。He see this kind of artistic cannibalism as a way of breathing new life into the abandoned models: recycling as reanimation.
他把这种艺术化的自残作为一种将新的生活注入放荡不羁的艺术模式的方法：周而复始的苏醒。