# How young adults experience pain affects self-injury

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-young-adults-experience-pain-affects-self-injury/1978>\
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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-young-adults-experience-pain-affects-self-injury/1978 "2019-03-13T16:36:46Z")\
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> **[How young adults experience pain affects self-injury: Study shows that young...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190227081536.htm)**
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> Teen-agers and young adults who intentionally hurt themselves engage in such behavior based, in part, on how they experience pain and their emotional distress, according to a new study.

  
Teen-agers and young adults who intentionally hurt themselves engage in such behavior based, in part, on how they experience pain and their emotional distress, according to a new study.