Before the advent of the Internet, what is the best way to describe the lives of self-injurers?
a. They had come from stable homes, were in support groups for their psychological problems, and people largely understood their issues as representative of typical teenage angst.
b. They were loner deviants, performing their acts of cutting in privacy, and had no one to share their questions and concerns with.
c. They had a large network of friends in their schools and extracurricular activities with whom they could share their cutting experiences, but they rarely told their parents and relatives about it.
d. Before the advent of the Internet, self-injury did not exist as a social or psychological problem.
B
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