I continuously bite my lips and mouth? Is that self-harm? Do you do this too?
It's just a bad habit, but I wouldn't call that self harm. Self harm is normally when someone uses sharp objects to cut themselves until they bleed, burn or puncture their skin with various objects. Just like some people can't stop moving their legs or start sweating when their nervous, you bit your lips. I do it too sometimes, but it's just a bad habit. Hope this helped you - and please do NOT kill yourself. The world needs you. You're here for a purpose and if that sounds too cliche, I love you! Please don't die, and please don't cut yourself. Good luck and please feel free to message me anytime on here. <3 Have a good day! :-)
Are people who self-harm just looking for attention?
The first girl I really had deep feelings for is a sociopath. She has “problems” but I can assure you that none of them are depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts. She was a regular self-harmer, but about 5 months after I met her I convinced her to stop for about 4 months(First red flag.) We started getting intimate and then later she got back onto cutting herself and saying she wanted to die, but never took things further. Jumping to later in the year, she ended up cheating on me and trying to keep me as a friend(Second red flag.) A few days after the Fourth of July, she texted me at 7 A.M. saying she finally was going to commit suicide. She told me she took a bunch of her pills and would be dead soon(Holy shit that’s a BIIIIIG flag- and oh look, it’s red)I freaked the fuck out. I called the police and they arrived very soon after at her house. I lost communication with her for a little but I found out that she took about 11 Prozac pills to try and OD.For those who don’t know about Prozac, it is an antidepressant that is normally in the range of 10mg - 60mg. (1)The normal amount that causes “minimal harm” is around 1,400 mg of ingested Prozac. Even if she was on the max dosage of Prozac she would have come nowhere close to enough for a suicide attempt.(2) Once I read this I realized she just wanted attention. She has a heart condition and if she took more than 3 of the pills she has for her heart at once, she would have been dead before she could have texted me. She’s a sociopath who has too many people wrapped around her finger and it sickens me, but I won’t have to see her again, which gives me some relief.Now I know there are people who have horrible thoughts and the escape from them is self harm, but in the case of M.W, it’s not. Some people want any attention they can get because that’s the way they feel accepted.TL;DR: I know a girl who self-harmed and just wanted attention, but not everyone is like her. Some people actually need help.Edit: Forgot to add in links to reference by facts so I don’t seem like a dumb(1)Prozac (Fluoxetine) - Side Effects, Dosage, Interactions - Drugs(2)Fluoxetine Overdose-Induced Seizure
Self harm.. is this serious?
Yes, If your teacher already knows. You should tell them how you feel and how mad you get. I have an anger management counselor and I once shattered my wrist by punching a wall. It's not a good Habit to get into, because it can cause problems in the future. I think you need to get a counselor because sometimes teachers don't have enough time or know enough about the situation. But do explain what is going on because maybe they can set you up with the school nurse. I know what you going through. What I've learn't that i can share with you, is that why get angry? why make yourself lose. When you get angry, you lose every time. And once you start getting angry more often, it becomes a Habit. You don't want that. It can also lead to other problems or worsen. Please speak to your teacher about this, before it does worsen. I think you may have internally bruised your knuckle. And that you blood is swelling too much in the knuckle. If it is continuously swelling up, put ice on it. And also the more the punch walls the more tender and swollen it will get. I understand it is hard to speak about self-harm, because its an isolated state. But its for the best that you do. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. The more you keep it to yourself the more it gets worse, and you put yourself in more danger. Before your anger spirals out of control and you get angry out of anything talk to the school nurse or counselor. Just remember don't waste your self getting angry, you must get so tired of being angry all the time. Just lay back, if something annoys you just brush it past you. You are better than that. Anger always makes you lose. And I hope everything gets sorted xxx
Dose thind lead into cutting yourself!!!???
Me and my friends love to draw and one day we were drawing on our arms and the next day we washed it off and noticed that it cut us. We thought it looked cool because the things we drew were cut out into us. Ok I know thats wierd. But we tryed it agian with a needle with no inteshon of relesing pain or sadness from ourselfs.We just think its a tabboo way of drawing. But I'm worryed that it will turen in to a habbit. My friend is still doing it I stop because I was afraid of it taking over me. Can this lead into cutting?????
Is scratching your arm for the pain considered self-harm?
Yes, of course.Slapping your own face is considered self-harm as well. When you intentionally hurt yourself, then it means you do self-harm. Cutting is not the only type of self-harm.Types of Self-injury:Branding – burning self with a hot object.Friction burn – rubbing a pencil eraser on your skin.Picking at skin or re-opening wounds (dermatillomania) – an impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pick at one’s own skin, often to the extent that damage is caused which relieves stress or is gratifying. Many compulsive skin picking causes are emotional or mental. Emotional trauma can lead to feelings of helplessness and insecurity. When a child is being traumatized and bullied, he or she loses the feeling of being in control of their environment.Hitting (with hammer or other object)Bone breaking.Punching.Head-banging (more often seen with autism or severe mental retardation)Multiple piercing or tattooing – may also be a type of self-injury, especially if pain or stress relief is a factor.Drinking harmful chemicals...and many more.
What is it like to live with self harm scars?
*Trigger Warning*I used to work at Kmart, it had all glass windows. It hit 100 degrees outside frequently. It was worse inside. I was a cashier, I wore a black long sleeved shirt under my uniform shirt, scared of getting judged. It took me 4 months to stop wearing that shirt underneath and get the courage to let the scars show. With that first day of showing them, 6 customers made rude comments that almost made me want to quit my job.Feeling scared to wear a bathing suit. It took me until this year to wear a one piece without shorts and a shirt over it.Every job interview, even in summer, even when walking to it, I had a long sleeve shirt.The first time I wore shorts and t-shirts to school, I was called out of class 8 times in one day because the guidance counselor had to check every note given to make sure I was ok. So 8 people felt they had to write notes to have the counselors check on me. And they were all very clearly old scars.Even now people stare at me. I can't go to the grocery store without someone staring as I reach for a gallon of milk.Each and every time I go to a new doctor or each new foster home or school (when that age) they feel they have to do a “safety contract”.I often get accused of lying when I go to a new doctor. They say I'm lying about stomach surgery, wrist surgery, etc. Then once they finally believe me, I sign that contract.Quite a few homeless shelters refused to accept me because they said that those scars didn't look old. Or they call in several staff to stare at my arms and legs until someone decides they're old… making me feel super awkward as I'm getting stared at.My scars itch when they get dry. And then people freak out and say I'm self harming again by scratching my scars.Any injury I get, any scratch, bruise, cut, or broken bone, it's assumed I did it to myself on purpose and often delays medical treatment or I just won't go get medical treatment.