Scars of the Mind: A Comparative Study of NSSI (Non suicidal Self-Injury) in Patricia McCormick’s Cut and Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects

This research article mainly focuses on the concept of NSSI (Non Suicidal Self Injury). As NSSI is viewed as taboo regardless of culture and society. So there is a need to address this psychological problem. This article by analyzing two novels Cut by Patricia McCormick and Sharp Object by Gillian Flynn has brought out what is happening in the minds of NSSI victims and the traumatic history that he/she has and the message that they are convey by self injuring their bodies