@article{ref1,
title="Desire to survive emotional pain related to self-harm: a Norwegian hermeneutic study",
journal="Nursing and health sciences",
year="2010",
author="Holm, Anne Lise and Severinsson, Elisabeth",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="52-57",
abstract="The aim of this study was to explore and interpret women's desire to survive emotional pain related to self-harm. Women who suffer from borderline personality disorder describe emotional pain as intense. Previous research indicates that self-harm is a way of obtaining emotional relief and offers an escape from unwanted emotions, thoughts, and/or distressing situations. An explorative, interpretative design was employed. The data were collected by means of in-depth interviews with a sample of women resident in Norway suffering from borderline personality disorder and were analyzed using a hermeneutic approach. The findings revealed one main theme, self-sacrifice, and two other themes, self-harm (a struggle to be relieved of responsibility) and a fear of intimacy versus intrusion. This study indicates that self-sacrifice appears to imply a longing for reconnection with the self and others. To preserve their self-image, the women require courage to survive the painful state of unworthiness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1441-0745",
doi="10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00485.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00485.x"
}