Self harm

[senzim]

Do you guys self harm non-suicidally?
If so, what do you use? Sometimes I feel just silly for doing it, because surely if I really want to ctb I'd just do it and wouldn't go through the faff of sh. But I hate myself and want to hurt myself even more. Is this common?

I am a bit late but I've noticed when I self harm whilst dealing with suicidal I feel guilty the day after and when I self harm because I feel like doing it I don't feel guilty at all. I hope you feel better.

 

[HyperdimensionLoser]

Started doing it recently with a parring knife but I don't really know why to be honest. I don't feel like I get any kind of euphoria or positive emotions out of it and I'm really adverse to pain. I guess it's just as a kind of self punishment and a way of just seeing what I could do to my own body.

 

[floofyblepvibez]

Do you guys self harm non-suicidally?
If so, what do you use? Sometimes I feel just silly for doing it, because surely if I really want to ctb I'd just do it and wouldn't go through the faff of sh. But I hate myself and want to hurt myself even more. Is this common?

Whenever I self harm, I use a razor blade. I don't do it super deep but I do it a lot and not very neatly either. It's usually a way of punishing myself and I know it's a bad habit but like many people have said in their reply's, it's a way to convert the mental pain that sometimes feels worse than physical pain, into physical pain. I'm trying not to but I can't seem to stop it sometimes. Something I've found that helps me is using ice. If you hold it on your skin for a while, it burns and hurts and you sometimes lose the urge to cut. It's worked wonders the times when I've remembered!

 

[dreamist]

I don't understand self-harm. Why? What is so appealing about scars and being seen like a weirdo. It makes me depressed that you beautiful people are self-harming. You shouldn't do that. You should love yourself. Every person is precious and special. Stop it, just stop it!

I know and I did it only once. I don't know how to explain it, but in a morbid way it's like punishing myself for being the way I am.