Civet Moon
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one thing that annoys me is that ppl often think that only cuttin is a self injury or self harm behaviour...
I have to admit that's what I thought before this thread was started, too.
Can you give more examples of different types of self harm? For example, I never would have thought of running hands under hot water as being a way of self-harming.
When I was a kid, I used to bite my arms and chew my fingernails to the point where they bled. I don't think my parents ever knew about the arm biting, but they made me quit the nail-biting habit (which I am glad of, because it hurt, and I couldn't stop on my own). When someone in my class saw the marks on my arm, though, I told them what I did, and they told me that it was messed up. After that, I eventually got myself to stop, because I thought that it was a really great thing, and did not realize there was anything "weird" or "wrong" with it.
Now, I occasionally dig my fingernails into my arm, or run thumbtacks across my skin very lightly. None of this is to the point of drawing blood, however. I don't know if this is self-harm so much as it is is self-stimulation, though.
self harm and self injury are really similar
anyways behaviours considered self harm
*cutting
*burning...this includes open flame, drippin hot wax one your skin, hot water etc
*banging/bruising...either actually banging your head/wrists against things or hitting yourself with other objects
*overdosing on medication to make yourself sick
*picking, pulling out hairs
*scratching
*biting
*ripping, picking your nails til u bleed or til it hurts...
*drinking too much alcohol
*getting involved in drugs
*starvation (not because you have an eating disorder)
basically self harm is any behaviour which you know is harmful but you continue to do it as a release of emotional pain, as a punishment on yourself, to forget your problems, as a lesser evil...they rather self harm then choose suicide...
SELF HARM/ SELF INJURY IS NOT MASOCHISM self harmers do not harm themselves for fun or the enjoyment of it (least not at first) they do it because of psychological problems
self harm occurs in people with certain characteristics basically they are very emotional people, they internalise their pain and anger and not extrenalise it...instead they turn that energy on themselves...
self harm is a vicious cycle...sometimes even after you have overcome your problem you continue to SI because you are addicted to it...addicted to the adrenaline rush and slowly you become more extreme with it...might start out as a banger but move on to cutting etc
SI is a serious mental problem associated with high levels of stress, anxiety and depression...IT IS NOT A FAD OR A WAY TO GET ATTENTION. in reality true SIers do not like to be known...they hide scars well...usually injuring the lower body, legs/ pelvis where the wounds can be hidden...if the arms are cut its usually up higher or on the chest so that it can be hidden by t-shirts...
SI'ers do not stand out in the crowd...true SI'ers dont like seeking attention for it...
what annoys me these days is that we have been given a bad reputation by a bunch of crowd following teeny boppers who think its cool to cut...it takes the focus of the real problem
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