what knife do you use for sh?

[Danyyyyy]

So the title is the question cuz I've been starting on cutting myself ahain, but idk if i should use a knife without ridges or with them. The only knife I have atm is one with ridges from dollar tree from like, 5 years ago :( and I tried using a normal kitchen knife (w/ no ridges) BUT IT DIDNT DO ANYTHING.

So I was wondering, in terms of SH, what type of knifes do others use?

 

[vaguebluur]

Try not to self harm at all and if you have to never use serated blade

 

[H.O.Xan]

Try not to self harm at all and if you have to never use serated blade

but wuts wrong w/ serrated blades? I mean, u can just use a blade from a pencil sharpener

 

[bloberta]

i use box cutters or razor blades. dont use serated thats dumb

 

[Mirrory Me]

Sometimes I used scissors for it- I began frantically to collect them, big and small.

One should not play sadist and masochist, it can cut deeper than one thinks.

 

[Viranamari]

I use whatever blades available. I simply couldn't care less if its extremely sharp or blunt. But preferably, I'd wish to use a sharp blade. Most of the time, I use a box cutter and if its missing, than I'd use a kitchen knife. I used to use a serated blade but unfortunately, I lost it. Those are more sharp than kitchen knives so I see why you'd wish to use it. I try me best not to self harm as my scars don't go away easily. I certainly don't suggest it but if it makes existence more bearable than you should continue. Hope this helps!

 

[numbhouse]

I use X-Acto blades and ones that (I think?) Are supposed to be attached to boxcutters personally. Really useful for when I want to calm down from a mental episode.

 

[spiderwebz]

i use razor blades and a pocket knife

 

[voc_89]

might sound dumb but a dull one as u really have to get in there to make it hurt and thats what i want... pain. However, as I have gotten older, the wounds don't heal like they used to. And i live in the tropics. So long sleeves and jeans is kinda frowned upon lol. So I haven't done that for about a year now

 

[Lenmenhen]

Serrated

 

[Holu]

i use box cutters or razor blades. dont use serated thats dumb

Box cutters my beloved <3

 

[iamnotokaywiththis]

might sound weird but i prefer a scraping method. like get a piece of metal and scrape off the skin from my forearms, so it forms cuts all over. i find it gives me the most amount of pain, but with no messy blood

 

[Holu]

might sound weird but i prefer a scraping method. like get a piece of metal and scrape off the skin from my forearms, so it forms cuts all over. i find it gives me the most amount of pain, but with no messy blood

I have recently been into clawing at myself until I get blood. Feels like it's less itchy afterwards

 

[annxietty]

Mmm, for the longest time I used scissors, then I discovered cutters and is what I use mostly... but I sometimes still use scissors because you can go very hard with them without, you know, bleed to death which is very painful, with scissors I can put my whole anger into it until I feel calm again, with cutters a lot of blood comes out and the scars look cool to me.

 

[iamnotokaywiththis]

I have recently been into clawing at myself until I get blood. Feels like it's less itchy afterwards

yeah i do that sometimes when i get very anxious. but i find that drawing a lot of blood is just inconvenient for me, especially if my parents see blood staining things- they might start asking questions

 

[Holu]

Mmm, for the longest time I used scissors, then I discovered cutters and is what I use mostly... but I sometimes still use scissors because you can go very hard with them without, you know, bleed to death which is very painful, with scissors I can put my whole anger into it until I feel calm again, with cutters a lot of blood comes out and the scars look cool to me.

…scissors? Jesus christ
That sounds absurdly painful. Dull, weirdly shaped, inefficient. Jesus

yeah i do that sometimes when i get very anxious. but i find that drawing a lot of blood is just inconvenient for me, especially if my parents see blood staining things- they might start asking questions

Aight but hear me out… white scars. I have an unhealthy addiction of fixating and rubbing my finger over them

 

[annxietty]

…scissors? Jesus christ
That sounds absurdly painful. Dull, weirdly shaped, inefficient. Jesus

It certainly is painful and doesnt leave the scars I like, you cant go very deep... I only use them when im in "rage mode" and want to punish myself, box cutters are efficient but too quick sometimes. I have to say its not as painful as you may imagine, im kind of a baby I cant even go very deep with box cutters, Ive seen other people's self harm wounds and I feel like a coward, never went that deep... But I find satisfaction in my own way I guess...

 

[Holu]

It certainly is painful and doesnt leave the scars I like, you cant go very deep... I only use them when im in "rage mode" and want to punish myself, box cutters are efficient but too quick sometimes. I have to say its not as painful as you may imagine, im kind of a baby I cant even go very deep with box cutters, Ive seen other people's self harm wounds and I feel like a coward, never went that deep... But I find satisfaction in my own way I guess...

DO NOT FEEL LIKE A COWARD. I will cut ur arm clean off if u keep thinking like that >:(

On the real sh to feel better. It's literally been proven to be euphoric and whilst not the most solid of coping strategies it's effective af. If it calms u it calms u. If ur stressing about cutting deeper etc just dm me and we can talk it out.
I've said it before but we are the only people who will ever know our own pain. In that right your pain and suffering is far greater than everyone else's. Don't blow it out of proportion but never demean it. Only further suffering comes from both.
Nonetheless scissors is probably one of if not the most brutal devices I've ever heard used for sh.

 

[annxietty]

DO NOT FEEL LIKE A COWARD. I will cut ur arm clean off if u keep thinking like that >:(

On the real sh to feel better. It's literally been proven to be euphoric and whilst not the most solid of coping strategies it's effective af. If it calms u it calms u. If ur stressing about cutting deeper etc just dm me and we can talk it out.
I've said it before but we are the only people who will ever know our own pain. In that right your pain and suffering is far greater than everyone else's. Don't blow it out of proportion but never demean it. Only further suffering comes from both.
Nonetheless scissors is probably one of if not the most brutal devices I've ever heard used for sh.

Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot to me thank you

 

[Holu]

Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot to me thank you

Always. Wicked souls gotta stick together right. Also on the subject of SH if u really wanted a "baby method" I am a tricho and pull hair. Literally have since an infant. It's still my go to stress reliever. That shit is so tame compared to scissors

 

[juxtajuno]

i started out with taking the blades out of pencil sharpeners and evolved to using one of my five pocket knives to do the trick. i would use a razor but i don't intend on going too deep, i don't want to permanently scar myself and look ugly.

 

[FacePALM]

I started with a butter knife when I was 10/11 was ineffectual. Went on to use a potato knife, that was shit too mainly because my dad started missing them, bought box cutters, but then I found out about razor blades and started buying those.

I have however stopped hurting myself. Only sometimes I can't stop it. And that is rare, maybe once every six months.

 

[Danyyyyy]

i started out with taking the blades out of pencil sharpeners

I didn't know that you could take out the blades of pencil sharpeners so thats interesting.
I might have to start using that because my knife got taken away from me :( I want to keep wanting to do sh instead of so many other things that im starting to seem so stupid, but idk I'll just follow where this leads me.

 

[Pidgeons_Sparrows]

none, for some reason i never managed to get myself to do physical sh or cutting, though i am a master at social suicide or career suicide / self sabotaging in other, arguibly much more severe ways

 

[ireallylikemangoes]

A precision knife i found in a dollar store that looks a lot like a normal pen(think a normal pen with a tiny blade in place of the pen tip) so I can put it in my bag and not have anyone be alarmed

 

[wiltingorchid]

I usually use razor blades or those face-shaving razors. I don't use knifes often cause you need more willpower to cut with them.

 

[girlsboysthems]

I used box cutters and broken glass when I was younger, now Im an adult and I buy nice pocket sized razor blades.

 

[Ultracheese]

I don't know the exact kind, but it's a fairly generic kitchen knife mostly used for cutting meats and such. It's not very large. I use razor blades sometimes but they're hard to get out of the razor. I don't do it as often as I used to, but I have a lighter I use to burn myself and that was my preferred method for a few years in middle school.

 

[Mortalist]

I see the classics here. Razor blades, scissors, box cutter. But what about a scalpel?

 

[RichardFirst]

but wuts wrong w/ serrated blades? I mean, u can just use a blade from a pencil sharpener

Serrated blades leave jagged cuts which are more painful, harder to heal and more likely to get infected.