In theory, it is because of the number of reasons listed. Ingorent parents, disguisted friends, it IS shitty growing up around people who have no idea what you're going through. The overall discrimination of homosexuality is so great nowadays, it sickens me. Self-Harming is a way of stress-relieving - most of my friends do it. It's not because we all want to die or anything, but it's an outlet. Self-Harming isn't as bad as most think, but then to some, it's more serious.  
I do think that it's important for self-harmers to seek help. It's important that they find another outlet. But before any of you go up to your friend and tell them to immedietly stop harming, you need to have a plan to help them outlet their pain.  
And, Just a side-note, I do find it interesting that most of this happens in the gay world, but like I said before, it's because of the homophobics. To them, homosexuality is unequivocal, thus, they fear it.

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