What Is Parasuicide?
Parasuicide, sometimes called Deliberate
Self-Harm, occurs when one mimics the act of suicide, but
does not have the initital intent to die or end up killing
themselves.
Parasuicide is not necessarily manipulative
in any consciously-planned way. It is often a cry for help in
the only way that many people know how to cry out for help.
Parasuicide is not the same as setting out with the intent
to self-injure. It is an act that ends up to be more about
self-harm than dying and is classed by the degree to which
it is life-threatening.
People who would be labelled as parasuicidal can also be
classed under the heading of deliberate self-harm, and usually
express other reasons, aside from trying to actually kill
themselves, for their actions.
Most cases of parasuicide are associated with mental
illness, whether that be depression, alcoholism, or
personality disorders.
Other causative factors that make acts of
parasuicide more likely include:
By
Ace-Jensen (A.J.) Mahari 
