Discussion Do you self harm?

[guineapiglover8503]

Just asking since I relapsed recently and I haven't been able to stop. I forgot how much I liked it and yesterday I took off the dull part of my box cutter and the feeling was… something. I don't know if I can stop again. I stopped for like 2 years but I'm in such a worse place now and I seriously am surprised I haven't CTB yet sometimes

 

[DeathSkullDude1]

I've attempted it years ago and it hurt like hell so no not really. How do you cut yourself and become comfortable with it?

 

[alienfreak]

I tried it a couple of times when i was a teenager like 15 years ago, but it didnt do anything for me so i never did it again.

 

[HereTomorrow]

Not anymore, five years clean.

I'm sorry you're stuck in the cycle because me and many others can agree it's hard to break out of it due to the rush given. From my experience, I only stopped because my cutting stopped bleeding out (dull blades, same area of skin).

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I don't need to harm myself, I find it harmful enough to suffer in this torturous and futile existence, personally I just wish to be permanently free from all suffering and harm. I wish to never exist again, I wish for non-existence where I'm incapable of suffering in any way, personally I find it something so dreadful and terrible to exist at all, I find it deeply undesirable to exist, I'm always so tired of suffering.

 

[Aglossa]

I started self harming as a child before I knew what it was. Would hit, bite and scratch myself when I was upset. Not often though. It only became a regular thing when I became a teen, first scratching, then blades from pencil sharpeners, then razor blades. I have periods where I do not self harm, but the impulse never goes away, and at some point I will give in.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Haven't SHed since a few months back. I can't go back to doing it again, even if I wanted to, since my parents are aware of it now.

 

[coolgal82]

i used to not but now ive started doing it occasionally. not very well cus i dont have like the best stuff for it but it does the job sometimes

 

[ijustwishtodie]

No, I want to be dead because I hate pain and I don't want to be subjected to any more pain. With this in mind, why the hell would I want to inflict pain upon myself!? Life itself already inflicts pain upon me anyway and I hate every single bit of it

 

[Forever Sleep]

I've hit myself on the head a couple of times and smacked myself in the face but, not regularly and I'm too squemish for cutting or anything like that so, I'd say no. Although, I can sort of understand the want to.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

No, I want to be dead because I hate pain and I don't want to be subjected to any more pain. With this in mind, why the hell would I want to inflict pain upon myself!? Life itself already inflicts pain upon me anyway and I hate every single bit of it

A lot for people SH as a coping mechanism. When you are injured your body releases endorphins that aid in relieving stress and people who SH can sometimes even become addicted to these endorphins over time. Along with that, SH is also commonly used as a form of self punishment and, in rarer cases, is used as a cry for help (hence some people doing it for attention).

There is an article that discusses SH.