Discussion Where do you self harm and what are your methods?

[Strawberry_Clouds]

I usually will bite my hands and arms, it takes a lot of strength to do anything more than a little mark which goes away after 5 min. However if drawing blood is the goal this method doesn't really work. And don't no matter what method you choose, just make sure to do it in moderation because it's extremely addictive and bad for you, stay safe.

 

[delusionalgirl]

I don't do it as much anymore. I have scars all over from it, majority are covered by tattoos. But when I do it upper thigh with a knife

 

[kms2nite]

I'm looking for less obvious ways to self harm, i don't want my family seeing anything.
I also would like to learn good methods if you have any.

Stomach, chest, shoulders

Or when I didn't want people to know I was self harming I would hit myself or bang my head against a wall

 

[waterdrinker59]

I usually cut my wrist or thigh with a razor, i find putting force and making the slash as quick as i can the best, it makes the cuts deeper.

 

[C:/]

Wrists and thighs with a razor, didn't sh for a good 6-7 months before i broke and cut again a couple days ago :/

 

[Artictart]

Good job on making it for that long, that's so hard. I wish you the best
Thank you <3

Left arm draws the short straw. I don't really care if people see it, they can think what they want. I've tried punching through doors/walls to make my knuckles bleed and break fingers. Unfortunately the holes are hard to hide with posters/pictures.

One way that isn't mentioned a lot but I wonder whether anybody else does this is forced food/drink withdrawal for 48-72hrs - surprising how quickly your body misses the essentials and I find it helps distracts my messed up mind from the pain of living.

I do the food and drink withdrawals, i also do it with sleep. Makes me feel numb

I use a candle. Dripping the wax on my skin leaves no mark at all, and the pain is similar to bee Sting.

For some people ia sexually arousing, I must confess that feel no sexual pleasure doing it, but sounds nice the ideia of somebody else dripping wax on me.

I agree

 

[day]

Thighs and wrists, razor blade.

 

[BurntMilk]

I like to jab sewing needles into my nail beds and into the soles of my feet

 

[AVeryLazySloth]

I went from self harming by ingesting random meds in bulk to damage my insides, then I went on to cut the left side of my body (mostly my arm), then I've gone through with smashing my left arm with a hammer and now I've recently cut again on the left arm.

 

[Littlebeeme]

I usually will bite my hands and arms, it takes a lot of strength to do anything more than a little mark which goes away after 5 min. However if drawing blood is the goal this method doesn't really work. And don't no matter what method you choose, just make sure to do it in moderation because it's extremely addictive and bad for you, stay safe.

For me, I try to do it in ways people won't notice. Biting the inside of my lip works well, or picking at the skin at my fingers because "it's an anxiety thing!" but getting piercings helps and tattoos as well. or if I get a cut or a scab pick and scratch at it until it's a bloody blob but act like "oops! I scratched too hard!" It's terrible. I'm just lucky I've never cut myself.

 

[blitz]

Untill recently its been 12 years since I self harmed but i started again with a box cutter on my legs. I forgot what it felt like and godamn i missed it.

 

[Lostandlooking]

I haven't seen this mentioned so I'll chime in. Get some elastic bands big enough to comfortable fit over your upper arm, stretch them out as far as they can and let go. It stings and potentially leaves a bruise. But no scarring. The stinging doesn't last as long as scratching or cutting though.

Also: hugs. Feeling the need to hurt yourself is hard to deal with.

 

[cgrtt.brns]

razor blade on left arm and thighs, harder to hide arms especially in summer. continuously scratching one spot with some force with a finger nail makes grazes that i pick at which eventually become scars, this is easy for me to pass off as eczema and just skin picking due to anxiety. any spot or random blister i get i pick at over and over, mostly to see the blood and the scarring, again easy to pass off as caused by anxiety. also just skin picking in general, always my fingers and face. i get really painful pins and needles so i purposely sit on my legs to cause it, its a kind of pain that makes me unable to breath i rly like it.

 

[Psych3Lug3r]

Arms, thighs and chest
Use a razor the most as it's easiest to get ahold of but have also used a box cutter
Occasionally burnt myself too which seemed easier to convince people was an accident

 

[TessaMocha]

Cuts on thighs. I don't want people to see them, when I do want people to see them I do big cuts on my face/neck

Burns all up my arms, people don't give a shit and I like them there. I put my cigs out on my left arm :3 it's all burnt up at this point, eventually I'll have to go to my right but I don't like to think about that.

When I do big (20+) cutting sessions, I use the outside of my shoulders, it's my favorite place but I like to save it for special occasions

 

[Petrichor]

i stopped self harming via razors a while ago; i self harm by starving. i have an ED so its pretty normal for me to go days without eating. i don't purge anymore becuase of the pain brought on, i simply do not eat.

Any tips and tricks to starving? I've tried but I have pretty bad self restraint + the people surrounding me almost always point out if I don't eat and I end up feeling guilty and forcing myself to eat.

 

[suicidalloser]

Any tips and tricks to starving? I've tried but I have pretty bad self restraint + the people surrounding me almost always point out if I don't eat and I end up feeling guilty and forcing myself to eat.

i don't think about it so it hardly crosses my mind. i fear getting fat so that's also a factor. the one i stay with doesn't care in facts encourages of his own reasons

because it's been so long i've

 

[vitbar]

Haven't in a while. Would hit my thighs.

 

[Sammie_com.sanrio]

On my fingers in the little slits where the skin bends

 

[zommoz]

I used to cut on my shoulders, thighs, and arms with a razor blade. I now use a belt and whip myself on my thighs.

 

[artwoe]

Im a classic cutter. In the summer months I cut under my bra and the bikini line. No one ever notices. I also like greening out, if that's considered SH. I'll just keep smoking or ingesting edibles until I'm either violently sick or can't feel anything. Pretty fun way and everyone just thinks you're a pothead.

 

[kovu]

Looks like I'm part of the majority as a thigh-cutter. And starving, that too.

 

[Givingupandgivingin]

I burn.
Mainly my arms, sometimes my stomach.
Usually until it's blistered. It always scars.

 

[666razorblade]

Personally thighs and occasionally torso since im kinda running out of room on my usual spot. I use razor blades and have tried others in the past but those are my favourite

 

[timetodie24]

I cut and burn myself. Past caring now about scars as will die soon anyway. I started on my thighs and wrists but now it's all over my arms and legs, stomach and hand. It definitely can get addictive. So if you're just starting out and thinking of doing more, i would warn you about that. It gets harder to stop over time so if you can find alternatives early on, i'd encourage those.

. I just wear long trousers and long sleeves. Rarely gets that hot here so not really an issue. My family know I self harm so it's fine if they see, eventhough i still prefer to keep it covered around them.

 

[FindingHome]

I have self harmed because of feeling suicidal and not having the things I need to kill myself with. I would take a knife and slash my skin or take a knife and stab myself with it.

 

[Ineedthis]

thighs and i do it by slashing it with my box cutter

I've really wanted to use a box cutter. One time I visited my dad at his workplace and he had a box cutter on his desk and I was this close to swiping it. This other time I was at work and there was a random box cutter on a table and I really wanted to take it into the bathroom and slash myself a few times. I just gave it to someone else. I mainly just use a little pin or my nails and make small cuts on my left arm and leg.

 

[Hunter10999]

I use a utility razor blade one you find in box cutters and I cut my left arm I would advise against this though since it's very visible if you don't have a long sleeve shirt I would suggest you do it on the thigh if you're going to do it. The box cutter blade works fine but you might want something sharper like a double-edged razor.

 

[melb3mel]

thighs because you can hide it pretty easily. i ordered some utility blades from amazon just because that's what i've always used and they're cheap

 

[deadtrace]

Usually cut upper arms or thighs with either razor, pencil sharpener blade, or spare blade from gunpla tool kit.