Posted by Lizfromphoenix on January 25, 2001, at 9:44:36
In reply to Re: Throwing in a bit of biology..., posted by Noa on March 19, 2000, at 12:29:43
> Michael Gold, MD, in his book about medical advances in treating depression, says that people who engage in self injury might have a deficiency in endorphins such as oxytocin, the release of which is stimulated by injury (it helps to heal), and that this might lead to a better understanding of why people cut themselves.
BINGO! This theory makes more sense to me personally. Since I have been on antidepressants for 5 years, I noticed almost immediately the change in my body's ability to heal. The process was much much slower. That was also the time I began my skin picking behavior, and unfortunately, those wounds take much much longer to heal! I will research this information, but in the mean time, does anyone know how the body can produce more oxytocin?
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