Are there any pro-self harm forums?

[meles_inoris]

Some days I just wanna hurt myself, even though I don't self harm at the moment. I feel like I need a place to talk about getting started, if I ever do. And don't tell me not to do it

 

[shadowchaser]

There aren't any, to my knowledge, and even if there were, I doubt anyone here would willingly direct you to them knowing your intention to hurt yourself.
Sorry you're feeling like this. I self harm too and can understand <3 Sending hugs

 

[Ghostly]

not really a pro forum but its made of Styrofoam on reddit if you wanna check it out

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Don't even bother with r/Self-harm. Quora too.

SH has become my sole coping mechanism for the frustrations and disappointments I come across, be they trivial or significant. When I make a blunder at work, the thought of self-punishment (ironically) helps me stay sober, apologise calmly and politely, then move on with life. During lupus flare-ups my joints become achy and swollen, and I get irritable. I'm generally reluctant to complain to people around me should I get a "If I/he/she could pull through, so can you." response. In Asian countries mental health gets swept under the rug, and we're usually very hush-hush when it comes to mental illness.

My SH habit started during university. After a particularly nasty cut I was clean for about a year or two, only to have the habit return with a vengeance with the onset of chronic illness. Instead of cutting, my preferred method nowadays is to hit myself forcefully on the head. So far I have used my phone, a TV remote, metal pot and badminton racket for this purpose. I have little regard for the consequences, as I'll be ctb sooner or later. I don't get all the stigma and negativity surrounding SH. SH-ing helps me decompress, instead of feeling like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. So no, I won't be kicking the habit anytime soon.

 

[RainAndSadness]

There are some communities on Twitter that express self-harm and post pictures of this activity. I'm not aware of any forum or community tolerating such talk, I was banned for expressing self-harming behavior in the past from "mental health" and trans-related Discord servers. There is generally very low tolerance from the general population when it comes to self-harm and people don't like to give a platform to us.

 

[Soulless Angel]

there is a site where photos are shown and it is spoken about, but I won't share or state the link , self harm is a slippery slope, and you need to find a way to not start, what is making you want too, find the cause of the desire and work with that and away from this option rather then working with it

 

[elfgyoza]

While I can see the appeal and although I do it myself, I would never suggest anyone else do it. On twitter it seems to be (from what I can tell) mainly young girls glorifying self harm, some of them cut drawings into themselves... I'm not usually bothered by anything, but they make me a little bit sick and it actually puts me off self harming lol

 

[signifying nothing]

Its not a battle you want to start if you can help it. The more normalised it becomes in your life the harder it is to get out of, particularly as it is something physical.

 

[Antigonish]

there is a site where photos are shown and it is spoken about, but I won't share or state the link , self harm is a slippery slope, and you need to find a way to not start, what is making you want too, find the cause of the desire and work with that and away from this option rather then working with it

I am.curious of this site. Ironically I stumbled upon this site looking for a self harm tolerating community. I wish I could stop but I'm too far in the rabbit hole. It increases my dysphoria unbearably when people look and judge, or try to sympathize when they dont understand. Itd be nice to be able to talk and communicate with others that know. It's really a terrible addiction. That I dont mind having. I recently just slipped after 12 days, and its impossible to have anyone to talk to about it. Even here it's a very avoided topic.

Spoiler: Please Don't Look

Really hope I dont get banned for this. But kinda the only proof I have that I'm not faking and am real.

 

[painoflife]

I hope you can find an alternative and more positive coping mechanism before it is too late and you harm yourself.
I know the vicious cycle of self harm and it is not easy to stop, and before you know it you are getting worse and worse. It just isn't something that can be seen in a positive way, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to talk about it.

 

[Midnight-rain]

there is a site where photos are shown and it is spoken about, but I won't share or state the link , self harm is a slippery slope, and you need to find a way to not start, what is making you want too, find the cause of the desire and work with that and away from this option rather then working with it

Except it's not pro selfharm (if we're talking about the same site) it says so explicitly in the rules. You'll get banned immediately if you blatantly encourage selfharm or suicide. As far as I know there aren't any. I wish there was one, I'd join so fast.

 

[Soulless Angel]

Except it's not pro selfharm (if we're talking about the same site) it says so explicitly in the rules. You'll get banned immediately if you blatantly encourage selfharm or suicide. As far as I know there aren't any. I wish there was one, I'd join so fast.

Is it the same one? I have no idea. What's the end of the URL?

I am.curious of this site. Ironically I stumbled upon this site looking for a self harm tolerating community. I wish I could stop but I'm too far in the rabbit hole. It increases my dysphoria unbearably when people look and judge, or try to sympathize when they dont understand. Itd be nice to be able to talk and communicate with others that know. It's really a terrible addiction. That I dont mind having. I recently just slipped after 12 days, and its impossible to have anyone to talk to about it. Even here it's a very avoided topic.

Spoiler: Please Don't Look

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Really hope I dont get banned for this. But kinda the only proof I have that I'm not faking and am real.

It's not avoided here, there have been quite a few threads on it. But because it's such a sensitive subject in some ways more so then suicide I would say, those threads tend to go ignored. Unnoticed

 

[Midnight-rain]

Is it the same one? I have no idea. What's the end of the URL?

It's not avoided here, there have been quite a few threads on it. But because it's such a sensitive subject in some ways more so then suicide I would say, those threads tend to go ignored. Unnoticed

The site I have in mind doesn't have a traditional domain name. Currently because it's December everyone has a santa hat on top of their icon when they comment on posts.

Sorry for barging in but how is SH more sensitive than suicide? Just wondering.

 

[Soulless Angel]

The site I have in mind doesn't have a traditional domain name. Currently because it's December everyone has a santa hat on top of their icon when they comment on posts.

Sorry for barging in but how is SH more sensitive than suicide? Just wondering.

the latter, I speak from just my own personal experience,
Self harm is just as stigmatised as suicide, BUT as stated my own personal experiences, I can if I wish speak of suicide, with people even pro lifers in life, but mention self harm and attitudes change, people's attitude is different, its harder to talk about, poss because it can be seen, there is *proof* of an illness, there is proof of a problem,

I am thinking of starting a self harm megathread, but done in a way were it's not encouraged, but is one of support?

 

[Midnight-rain]

the latter, I speak from just my own personal experience,
Self harm is just as stigmatised as suicide, BUT as stated my own personal experiences, I can if I wish speak of suicide, with people even pro lifers in life, but mention self harm and attitudes change, people's attitude is different, its harder to talk about, poss because it can be seen, there is *proof* of an illness, there is proof of a problem,

I am thinking of starting a self harm megathread, but done in a way were it's not encouraged, but is one of support?

Yeah makes sense. In my experience they are equally taboo and hush hush but you're right about there being physical evidence of something going on. And that makes some people uncomfortable. About the megathread, that sounds like a neat idea.

 

[Soulless Angel]

Yeah makes sense. In my experience they are equally taboo and hush hush but you're right about there being physical evidence of something going on. And that makes some people uncomfortable. About the megathread, that sounds like a neat idea.

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/self-harm-thread.57547/

 

[Querlista]

If you're still looking for a place specifically dedicated to sh you can go to selfharm.pics
They aren't pro sh but you can freely express yourself (read the rules tho).
As all of the above comments I'd engourage you to not go there, especially as you didn't start yet (or at least you didn't in december) and it can be very addictive and can have bad consequences. You will have scars for the rest of your life visible for everyone, depending on your luck you will cut nerves and have nerve damage which in best scenario will make a patch of skin numb and in worst case will make you have pain for every, you may get an infection and need to get seen by a doctor or get sepsis and if you start to cut really deep and get an infection you will need and amputation or die awfully of sepsis. It's really just not worth it. But Ik depending on your mental state these even sound appealing.
I just thought it's hypocrit to share so much information on ctb'ing on here but no info where you can freely talk about sh urges. Take care

 

[Gray Wounds]

I know of self-harm pics but it isn't pro-self harm. i think it's like a support group for self-harmers. although, I don't really know what it stands for because, being honest, people in that site are like encouraging self-harmers to take care of themselves knowing that they'll do it again and again anyway. and I'm just being honest here, man. I've been on that site for five years and idk. maybe the other extreme harmers have died. but it's not a "pro" self-harm site. it's a support site.

 

[darkfoxgirl]

there is a site where photos are shown and it is spoken about, but I won't share or state the link , self harm is a slippery slope, and you need to find a way to not start, what is making you want too, find the cause of the desire and work with that and away from this option rather then working with it

even saying anything is just teasing and infuriating. if you weren't going to say the name or link don't say anything at all. NOT HELPFUL!!!

 

[Soulless Angel]

even saying anything is just teasing and infuriating. if you weren't going to say the name or link don't say anything at all. NOT HELPFUL!!!

How dare you have a go at me for choosing not to share a link publicly, when all it takes is for a short PM asking it I would be willing to share, which I have done via others PMing me.
Also I write a lot of my posts when I am drunk and just spew out, at these points I wouldn't even share a link even via DM otherwise you may end up on a site full of fluffy kittys in onesies photos

I have my own self harm thread on here for support for a lot of people suffering.

 

[xBrialesana]

I remember there used to be so many SH websites and forums when I was younger. The hours I spent there. Yikes.

 

[Nolen]

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[xBrialesana]

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