Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm.Carolyn's story offers insights into her feelings about self-harmi... » 

Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm.Carolyn's story offers insights into her feelings about self-harming and also her attitudes towards the therapy sessions commonly employed to help people who self-harm. It explores the complex nature of her relationship with the therapist, her initial resistance to recovery and her eventual progression towards self-knowledge and taking responsibility for her own actions.The narrative offers a vividly honest voice to the feelings and compulsions that drive someone to harm themselves and explores the conflict between the desire to self-harm and the struggle to control and overcome this addictive, self-destructive behaviour. «