6. Amy Winehouse
Singer Amy Winehouse’s struggles were perhaps some of the most high-profile examples of a celebrity downward spiral. She was involved in a number of self-harming episodes and activities, such as cutting and abusing harmful substances. She supposedly created a painting using her own menstrual blood, and she had some much-spotlighted scars in the form of a criss-cross on her arm. Many suspect that those scars were the results of her self-harm and cutting. Winehouse would often sing about her struggles, including in the very popular song Rehab, in which she sings “no, no, no.” Unfortunately, the singer passed away from her self-destruction.
5. Courtney Love
When Courtney Love would get super high on drugs, she would engage in self-harm and cutting. She had scars on her body as a result of her drug-intensive episodes. While we knew that the star was not afraid to speak her mind and do her own thing, we were appalled and deeply concerned about her destructive behaviors. Besides being accused of Kurt Cobain’s death, she tried to relieve her emotional pain through self-mutilation. She was quoted as saying that self-destruction gets “a really bad rap…it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensibility.” No, Courtney. No. Her other behaviors included shoplifting and partying.
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