Discussion Which self harm method is better in your opinion?

[misterhippo]

Imo 2 of the best self-harm methods. Which one is better in your opinion?

 

[rotting_plum]

I had always cut myself (not really deep because im a loser who's afraid of pain) but tried burning 12 days ago so I have a fresh opinion!
I voted for burning but it was really hard to decide (for me at least)

Cutting heals faster and less painful, but you can press on the wounds if you want an "afterglow" pain. My cuts needed around 2 weeks to heal. The deeper/wider (i always just widened the cut when my body refused to go deeper) the cut the longer the scars will take to fade.

Burning hurts less (imo), the first burns hurt lots but the ones after just feel idk fascinating? I used a hot glue gun to burn me because it was the most efficient. The burn is around the size of a grown man's thumb (its on my wrist btw) and I only burned off my skin. Now, after 12 days, the skin is almost fully restored, so I think it takes about 15/16 days in total to heal. The good thing about burns is that they hurt so much while healing (good for some, bad for others), so you got a good amount of "afterglow" pain.