The percentage of people who self-harm around the world is increasing dramatically. Research provided by “Dr. Paul Moran of King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry and George C. Patton, professor at the Center for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia” (Willingham), found that of 1,802 adolescents, 8% of adolescents were cut, 10% were girls and 6% were boys. Girls between the ages of 15 and 24 are the most likely to get injured. In Dr. Moran and Dr. Patton's studies they found that "adolescents who suffered from depression or anxiety were approximately six times more likely to harm themselves in adulthood than adolescents who did not suffer from these illnesses" (Willingham), leading to the doctors' results of percentage data. Studies show that a person can become their own worst enemy by simply self-harming. These people transform into a person they are afraid of, someone they never knew it would be. Dr. Carl Pickhardt states that "self-destructive behavior prevents constructive action. Self-destructive behavior causes self-harm" (Pickhardt). Dr. Pickhardt did a lot of research throughout his career as a doctor and performed many "tests" on a variety of adolescent ages to understand why they self-harmed. Dr. Pickhardt states that "self-destructive behavior prevents constructive action. Self-destructive behavior causes self-harm" (Pickhardt). Children ages 9 to 13 had poor grades and sought attention from friends. Boys aged 13 to 15 had difficulty building relationships with family or friends. Seeking the attention of a relationship with friends has become their main priority. They too... in the middle of the paper... there, when she furtively scratched herself with the scissors” (Seligson). When he cut himself, he felt a certain sense of relief and pain "as he dabbed the accumulated blood with gauze" (Seligson), but this did not make all his wounds disappear. Sarah was surrounded by other ways of self-harming: drinking, smoking and drugs. Drinking, smoking and taking drugs all contribute to self-harm. People may not think they are because someone doesn't physically take a razor to their wrist/arm to cut it. People around the world like to believe that celebrities are perfect people and have perfect lives. Not all celebrities have that “perfect life.” For 19-year-old Demi Lovato, life isn't perfect. She tends to appear that way, but in recent discoveries, Lovato has talked about cutting herself.