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"what experts fear is the 'new anorexia'"
"Cutting made me feel better," Tor says. "Imagine holding your breath and feeling like you are going to blow up. Then you release the air and immediately feel better. That's what self-harming feels like."
"Tor, 24, is not your typical victim but she is part of a growing trend. Self-harming is associated with disadvantaged children but, increasingly, youngsters from well-off backgrounds are also displaying this destructive behaviour."
"Tor discovered self-harming by accident; she and a friend tried to create tattoos, using a compass and fountain pen ink. "My mate was in a lot of pain but it didn't hurt me. It felt good." "
'In the past, self-harm was expressed in different ways. It was called hysterical behaviour, or manifested by women not eating, pulling their hair out or scratching themselves. We tended to examine it in the context of psychiatry - looking at girls who were in care or in hospital. Now we are finding out it is much more common."
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