Self-injury and self-esteem

Simone Simmons was a friend and confidante of Princess Diana, and says in her new bio Diana: The Last Word that Diana “was one of the most insecure people I had ever met. … On the surface, of course, she appeared to have everything going for her. But, like a number of other well-known and successful women who find themselves in the harsh glare of the public limelight, that wasn’t enough.”

Princess Diana is among a number of talented women who have experienced high levels of anxiety and self criticism, and have self-injured to deal with painful feelings – including Fiona Apple, Drew Barrymore, Angelina Jolie and Christina Ricci.

Fortunately, self-injury can be moderated or treated.

> related pages:
Cutting – self-injury
anxiety
> related article Being Creative and Self-critical – by Douglas Eby
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self-injury, self-harm, cutting, gifted self-esteem issues