Abstract

FABBRINI, Felipe Moreira Borges Nascimento  and  FORTIM, Ivelise. #self-harm: the symbolic expression of non-suicidal self-injury. Junguiana [online]. 2022, vol.40, n.3, pp. 171-186. ISSN 2595-1297.

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a phenomenon of increasing relevance, with high prevalence rates in adolescents and young adults. NSSI is one of the main risk factors for future. The method of virtual ethnography was carried out in a self-injury community on Facebook in order to broaden the understanding of the symbolic aspects related to the practice. In February 2021, 133 publications were collected and divided into three categories of analysis: self-injury, suffering and religion. Self-injury was understood as a compulsive behavior through which practitioners seek an experience of transcendence at the expense of pain. It resembles an addict behavior. The suffering described refers to depressive processes and is characterized by loneliness, difficulty in expressing feelings and the need to maintain a functional persona in everyday life. Therefore, the group emerges as a means of expressing aspects relegated to the shadows in the offline world.

Keywords : non-suicidal self-injury; self-harm; NSSI; social media; analytical psychology.

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