Strong explains what factors lead to self mutilation why cutting helps people manage overwhelming fear and anxiety and how cutters can heal both their internal and external wounds and break the self destructive cycle a bright red scream is a groundbreaking essential resource for victims of self mutilation their families teachers doctors . Marilee strong a journalist who has previously reported on victims of war trauma and neglect has written an illuminating and compassionate book a bright red scream self mutilation and the language of pain. Marilee strong a bright red scream self mutilation and the language of pain penguin 1998 it amazes me how psychologists can take a series of seemingly unrelated symptoms come up with a hypothesis and be dead on right for the past twenty years theyve been doing just that with the small but increasing segment of the populace who . Includes bibliographical references p 216 226 and index the walking wounded into the void the secret language of pain the psychology of cutting the unkindest cut of all the legacy of childhood sexual abuse the body keeps score the psychobiology of trauma the hunger within eating disorders body alienation and self mutilation a walk on the wild side beyond the . Click on the article title to read more