Liz Murphy’s Reviews > If Love Could Kill: The Myths and Truths of Women Who Commit Violence > Status Update

“Self-harm is a defensive, life-preserving act for those who use it, although not necessarily consciously chosen. It is a way of reclaiming ownership of the body, now under one’s own will and not used and abused by another.
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Her pain was unspoken, but this wound was real.”