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TheEmbodimentOfKarma wrote:
ImNotOkay wrote:
TheEmbodimentOfKarma wrote:I've had a very happy life. I don't want to hurt myself at all, but I was wondering, what would drive someone to do that sort of thing? I can't understand it...
well for many people is that the pain on the inside( emotionaly ) that makes them /me do it.Instead of feeling the pain on the inside it will make the person feel the pain on outside.Many people use that pain to feel alive when they feel empty inside, as well as when they are punishing themselves. Another possibility which is really really effective is by an very very big event in their life that made them in result do this, while others is caused over time.

BULLING is one of the biggest why people do it. Self harm is just 1 step away from suicide depending of how much that person is in it and his/hers situation
I get bullied a lot. I've never had any thoughts like that. Then again, I'm a fighter, and always have been, and would rather die fighting then go out peacefully.


yeah well alot of people like me gave up while some people like you has a will and wants to give it your all.Meaning you won't have others peoples way with you and would rather try dieing then do nothing
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My life and personality in a nutshell. I don't know if I'll ever understand it, though, because of that.
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TheEmbodimentOfKarma wrote:My life and personality in a nutshell. I don't know if I'll ever understand it, though, because of that.

well the more you go through your life and experince you will understand, although i am not say you should do it to know why.I'm saying there will be different ways where u will understand it at 1 point of life so don't beat your self to it. I did not know what self harm or bulling till i was in 3red grade when i found an article about it .Everyone will find out at one point of there life
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So I put makeup on some cuts on my leg yesterday and I had forgotten and when I showered it all washed off and the scars were red from the hot shower and I just broke down in the shower and curled up on the floor and just layed there as the water ran over me. So now I know not to forget concealed scars.
Hey. I'm depressed. I self harm. I can be annoying. If you don't want to deal with me then that's understandable.
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I used to self harm but not as a coping method, more in the way that I enjoyed how it felt? I'm not quite sure why I did it. It was weird. I don't really think about that time much. But there was a time when I was in a mental facility and I self harmed because I was really pissed off all the time I was in there and I regret that a bit because I have little tiny scars on my arm that I notice from time to time and I'm reminded of that crappy time. There was even a guy in there who told me that it would leave scars and I knew it would but that didn't stop me.

One thing I used to be worried about was that I was actually self-harming all the time because I have dermatillomania and so I'm picking my skin off constantly but thankfully that is not counted as self-harm because you're not doing it with the intention of harming yourself, you just kind of do it compulsively and it sucks.
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So I'm bad to self harming every day.
Hey. I'm depressed. I self harm. I can be annoying. If you don't want to deal with me then that's understandable.
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My thoughts on self injury are very hypocritical
For others...
seeing it makes me terrified. I feel like it was all my fault they did it and that if I had been a better person they mit not have. Anyone who self harms should find other ways to relieve stress (like Ice or a rubber band), and if possible, seek medical treatment

For me...
I do it for two reasons. Stress and attention. I'm so stressed and end up losing control, and I feel lonely. Then I go around and show off to everyone that I cut so they'll feel sorry for me, but regret both reasons after
lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it...
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Okay, here we go...

I've self harmed for as long as I can remember. In the fifth grade I gave myself a black eye. In kindergarten I scratched myself until I bled. I started cutting in seventh grade; I started burning in eighth. I'm a junior in highschool now (11th grade), and I've been clean for a few weeks. For the first time, I'm making an effort to not fall back into my bad habits.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about two years ago.

I never cut for attention. Ever. I always hope that no one finds out. Sometimes they don't, sometimes they do. I've had to get 3 psychiatric evaluations at hospitals after being caught. A little over a year ago, they kept me in a psych ward for 11 days. It was life changing; I'm still in touch with the other girls who were locked in that hellhole with me. I got locked up for a suicide attempt. It was my seventh failed attempt in three years.

Cutting has always been a coping mechanism for me. I'd get it in my head that I needed to do it, and would become so desperate that I'd use anything; sewing needles, broken plastic, broken glass, kitchen knives, shaving razors, scissors. I'd use nail clippers on my wrists, I'd take razors out of pencil sharpeners; I was a mess. If there was nothing that I could use, I'd use my teeth and nails.

I'd post pictures of my cuts online and then read all of the terrible things people would say about me: "Cut deeper", "You should just drink bleach","Kill yourself". And then I'd cut some more.

I counted all my scars today. All 157 of them.

I'm so glad that I won't make anymore.

Quitting was hard. It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. But now, when I want to self-harm (this is so cliche smh) I'd just ask myself what Tyler Joseph would think, and I know he would be upset if anyone was self-harming. So I've stayed clean. For him. One day it will be for me, but right now it's for him.

Find your idol, someone you'd hate to make upset. Think about them when you want to self-injure, and hopefully you will find the strength to stop. I believe in all of you. If you need someone to talk to, please pm me, and hopefully I'll see it in time to help you. I know how hard it is, but you are stronger than you know. It's not your fault.
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NeriaLeander wrote:Okay, here we go...

I've self harmed for as long as I can remember. In the fifth grade I gave myself a black eye. In kindergarten I scratched myself until I bled. I started cutting in seventh grade; I started burning in eighth. I'm a junior in highschool now (11th grade), and I've been clean for a few weeks. For the first time, I'm making an effort to not fall back into my bad habits.

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety about two years ago.

I never cut for attention. Ever. I always hope that no one finds out. Sometimes they don't, sometimes they do. I've had to get 3 psychiatric evaluations at hospitals after being caught. A little over a year ago, they kept me in a psych ward for 11 days. It was life changing; I'm still in touch with the other girls who were locked in that hellhole with me. I got locked up for a suicide attempt. It was my seventh failed attempt in three years.

Cutting has always been a coping mechanism for me. I'd get it in my head that I needed to do it, and would become so desperate that I'd use anything; sewing needles, broken plastic, broken glass, kitchen knives, shaving razors, scissors. I'd use nail clippers on my wrists, I'd take razors out of pencil sharpeners; I was a mess. If there was nothing that I could use, I'd use my teeth and nails.

I'd post pictures of my cuts online and then read all of the terrible things people would say about me: "Cut deeper", "You should just drink bleach","Kill yourself". And then I'd cut some more.

I counted all my scars today. All 157 of them.

I'm so glad that I won't make anymore.

Quitting was hard. It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. But now, when I want to self-harm (this is so cliche smh) I'd just ask myself what Tyler Joseph would think, and I know he would be upset if anyone was self-harming. So I've stayed clean. For him. One day it will be for me, but right now it's for him.

Find your idol, someone you'd hate to make upset. Think about them when you want to self-injure, and hopefully you will find the strength to stop. I believe in all of you. If you need someone to talk to, please pm me, and hopefully I'll see it in time to help you. I know how hard it is, but you are stronger than you know. It's not your fault.
This post was beautiful and I just wanted to congratulate you in your success. <3

I self harm by form of cutting. I used to self harm because I was depressed and because my friends were doing it. I was in an abusive relationship and would do it for him as a statement of how devoted I was. A lot more crappy reasons were there, too when I was a teenager.

Now I do it because... I love the feeling. I love that it doesn't hurt that badly, just enough for an endorphin rush and I love the blood. I love touching it and seeing it. It reminds me that I'm alive and I have a life worth living for. It reminds me of all the good things I have and it releases a lot of built up tension that I can't express any other way. It also reminds me that I'm strong and in some ways, I'm proud of the scars. I think they're beautiful. It's also worth noting that I am in therapy and medicated. I still do this and talk about it in therapy.

But, that's just me. I believe if you're an adult you should be able to do what you want with your body. But if someone is self harming for negative reasons, they should try to overcome it. Release tension some other way and for sure seek out therapy and possibly medication. And in my opinion, doing it for attention is just crappy and annoying. Though, I do understand the feeling and have struggled with the same thing myself. I hate myself for it but I used to attention seek a lot online and stuff. It's no way to go.
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If you are a five year old and you hurt yourself just to wear a band-aid would that be considered self injury?
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