tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post6813615517527468683..comments2023-03-23T03:08:24.690-07:00Comments on Theology and Counseling: Normalization can be a Dangerous ThingDr. Corsinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401103560367914853noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-1878384479279614972011-02-22T19:20:12.154-08:002011-02-22T19:20:12.154-08:00I think when society begins to nod its head at its...I think when society begins to nod its head at its members' self-destruction it reflects something akin to a desperate need for a sense of awareness and control over the horrific, the unimaginable. So while the media is in it for shock value and subsequent revenue, the motives of the people inflicting this kind of pain on themselves varies across the spectrum from mastery of pain (or even pleasure from pain) to trying to elicit emotion from physical pain because one feels emotionally dead and they just want to feel something, anything, to kids who just like the attention it draws. I've even read of self-mutilation as a kind of self-inflicted atonement for perceived shortcomings, imperfections or failures. It is alarming. And sad. Regardless of the motivation to self-mutilate, one does wonder at the degree of emotional turmoil and/or confusion that must underlie it.Angela L. Pobanzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465551690849616642noreply@blogger.com