Places to sh/where you sh

[farewell_to_my_mask]

This isnt about suicide by cutting, just abt self harm
Im kinda curious about where you guys self harm? I know the most common is arms and legs but do you do it anywhere else? I personally cant do much than scratch and hit my skin. since i live with family still due to finances and cant have any scars. So i was wondering if anyone has considered sh around the torso/waist/chest area? Does it hurt more or is there more risks with certain places? sh is one of the few things that truly take the edge of for me, if only for a little while. So Im just wondering about others experiences w/ it.

 

[finalgoodbye:(]

I don't self harm, not with razors at least. Sometimes I punch myself in the face when I'm mad though

 

[CutToRelease]

Iv. SH'd on my upper arm the most. I would say about 40% of my upper arm above my elbow is scars. Recently tho iv cut on my outer thigh not nearly as extensively as my arm and iv cut my chest it hurts more than my arm cuts do. But I thinks that cause its fresh skin that is not nearly as dammage as my arm.

Generally bulker areas of your body are safer cause there's more to get through before u can hit to many veins. Thighs tho are dangers never do inner thigh unless u wanna die. U go to deep and hit the femmeral artery and u can bleed out supper fast.

 

[x3la]

Initially my forearms, but then i realised that i like to wear short sleeves in the summer so i've switched to chest/stomach and upper thighs.

 

[VitezslavNezval]

Sometimes on neck or tummy. But on the neck the scars start to be itchy and on tummy they are visible even after they heal, so it doesn't look good

 

[tsumihoroboshi]

generally arms, upper arms, wrists, inner/outer thighs (inner isnt deep enough to worry me), legs. rarely: hands and neck. i haven't on my hands in years bcus it stings the most. i also punch my head.
i stopped caring about what my scars look like years ago because i don't think it's shameful or ugly or something to hide (unless that's what you want to do). it's unfair so many live in families that judge them harshly for it. my family doesn't like it but they can't really do anything about it, so. sometimes i'm met with a "sigh" and a "stop doing this, this is stupid" and then it's dropped.
i dont do stomach or chest bcus i have my most body issues there and scars there would make it so much much worse.

 

[Kenni]

I thought you meant places, for places it tends to be my room.but sometimes I get delirious and go in my harden, do it and rubb mud in them. it depends how melodramatic I'm being.

for places on the body, I always try cut in less obvious ones so only have ever done my outer calf and my outer thighs. I have thought of inner but that's not the sort of skin I'd like to cut. I really want to do my shoulders but I wear topics without those covered too much. Basically I'm sick of it always being pointed out

 

[oatmeal.n]

This isnt about suicide by cutting, just abt self harm
Im kinda curious about where you guys self harm? I know the most common is arms and legs but do you do it anywhere else? I personally cant do much than scratch and hit my skin. since i live with family still due to finances and cant have any scars. So i was wondering if anyone has considered sh around the torso/waist/chest area? Does it hurt more or is there more risks with certain places? sh is one of the few things that truly take the edge of for me, if only for a little while. So Im just wondering about others experiences w/ it.

I've self harmed around my hips / thighs / ankles / torso. it definitely depends on your body. for me, im relatively lean so hips and ankles faded quickly and were too close to the bone to be worthwhile. i haven't been able to quit so i try to minimize risk. i would recommend other forums for this as they're more informative and preventive.