In Movies and TV, Self-Harm Is No Longer the Butt of the Joke

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In Movies and TV, Self-Harm Is No Longer the Butt of the Joke
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Recent series like 'Dead to Me' and 'Ginny & Georgia', as well as the film 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' provide more nuanced depictions of self-harm.

portray self-harm in a more nuanced and authentic manner, the social discourse around self-injurious behavior shifts,” said Pria Alpern, a clinical psychologist who has more than 60,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts content about depression, anxiety and trauma.

“This provides us with an opportunity to talk more openly about what self-harm is and why people engage in it,” she said. “While there are a range of reasons why people self-harm, a robust body of research conceptualizes self-harm as a means to relieve anxiety, express rage and maintain a sense of autonomy, particularly for trauma survivors.” , a dark Irish comedy that’s generating Oscar buzz, doesn’t dismiss self-harm as an empty comedic device.

Pádraic refuses to let it go, so Colm delivers an ultimatum: each time he talks to him, he’ll cut off one of his fingers. Colm eventually delivers on that promise.interview that there wasn’t any conscious symbolism behind the fingers, and that he “thought it was funny,” it did not come across as a thoughtless plot device.

Yes, the graphic parts of the film are difficult to stomach, and the fact that such a popular comedy film would have a prominent self-harm plotline can be difficult to wrap one’s head around. But unlike those sitcoms where cutting is a crass joke, Colm’s despair is transcendent, visceral. The sequence where Colm chops his remaining four fingers off and plunks them at Pádraic’s front door one by one offers a sense of heartbreak, of quiet devastation.

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