Main Points:
Types of self harm:
This thread will mostly focus on Cutting although I encourage you to learn more about all of them
Biggest Question:
Why did you start cutting?
I first cut when I was like 8 or 9. I was frustrated and had heard about it from TV and pop culture. I thought it would be worth trying.
Recently my closest friend relapsed back into self harm, so I wanted to write this info thread to not only tell why someone might do it but to also get a users perspective!
Self harm comes in may forms, cutting or burning one's skin, punching or hitting yourself, poisoning yourself with tablets or toxic chemicals, misusing alcohol or drugs, deliberately starving yourself or binge eating, or exercising to much. Oxford defines it as:
"Deliberate injury to oneself, typically as a manifestation of a mental condition."
Why would someone Self Harm? In most cases, people who self-harm do it to help them cope with overwhelming emotional pain. This could be caused by social problems, trauma or psychological reasons.
Social Problems:
Being bullied
Having problems at work or school
Having difficult relationships with friends or family
Coping with expectations
Trauma:
Physical or sexual abuse
Death of a close family member or friend
Having a miscarriage
Psychological causes:
Dissociating - losing touch with who they are and with their surroundings
Having repeated thoughts or voices telling them to self-harm
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
about 17% of all people will self harm in their lifetime!
45% of people Self Harming are using cutting.
The average age of onset for self-injury is 13!
Q/A:
Why did you start cutting?
I first cut when I was like 8 or 9. I was frustrated and had heard about it from TV and pop culture. I thought it would be worth trying.
Why did you continue to cut?
I liked it and felt that it helped me vent my frustration and depression as I wasn't being medicated at the time. Also at my height of cutting I was caught smoking and doing other drugs and my parents decided to outpatient rehab. I couldn't see any of my friends or use so the only thing I felt I could do was cut.
How destructive of a habit do you believe it to be in comparison to other ones such as Porn, Nicotine, Other drugs, etc.?
Cutting is really hard to stop once you get used to it. It can obviously get you killed if you cut too deep or something bad but it isn't as bad as something like heroin because hard drugs effect everyone in your life while cutting is easy to hide and don't do any damage to other people.
When my parents first found out I was cutting I didn't understand why it was a bid deal because I had been doing it for so long. I never really understood how much it hurts people around you until I found out my girlfriend was doing it.
Once we talked about it we decided to stop together.
This interview was with: @Sadistac (Man in the first video)
Comment if you have any more questions you would like answered.
If you know someone who is struggling with self harm or you are Please reach out!
A thread was posted today on how to treat SH and I recommend you read it if you are struggling!
https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/social/post/145635/self-harm-aid-and-harm-reduction
Sources:
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/self-harm/
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/self-harm/self-harm-statistics/
Lil Self Harm Collection:
Person hits an artery when cutting, bro squirts everywhere
Person rubs salt and lemon on self harm cuts
Sliced neck, most likely an attempted suicide
Man tries to pull out nerve endings
man cut off his penis
Indian Man cuts off his finger (light work for him)
This is my first attempt at an effort post lmk any changes to make it read better or such
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that dick.
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Bro not the penis
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That was very Nice post!
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Am I using the wrong knife tf.
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Dull blade he is def doing it just for attention
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I started cutting when I was 10, Im 31 now. I currently have a bandage around my arm from cutting too deep, was given antibiotics and stuff. All these years later, I still don't know how to respond when someone asks me why I cut. Because it feels good when you're extra sad? Maybe Im still a sad little girl on the inside lol
Ah, and syringes makes me faint! ... cutting is fine tho
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I started at 16 from depression. Honestly dude It means a lot to me to see someone taking a actual educated and non judgemental look at it.
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nah i think he cut his penis off as a last minute valentines gift for his girl.
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the one who cut his dick is just a pshyco gay
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People who do this shit can easily die from infections
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What a shitty knife in the first video lmfao
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ATTENTION, thats it
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for those who self harm at what age did you first do it and with what?
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13, the sharpest razer blade to my neck. somehow didnt die, fine now LMAO
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It ain't worth it bru
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Think bro did the at home vasectomy lil wrong
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Honestly its kinda odd seeing a grown man self harm becuase most self harmers are like 14 year old white girls who have a mental breakdown when someone doesnt call them by their wacky ass pronouns lmao
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i never misused alcohol okay
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That is a weak ass knife.
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your an actual loser if you do self harm
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u didnt even read that, did u?
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I think I read it clear idiot I was talking about people in general.
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no ones loser 4 doing smthing if u read that u wouldnt comment like that
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yes they are
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If you ask me it really depends. like the Indian guy he did it to raise awareness for his brothers suicide which was caused government or just plain old coping. I don't really like these types of narrow minded statements as the person behind them never really give any thought to the subject before posting a comment
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no matter what self harm wont solve anything
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That's the thing in some cases it actually will.
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name one other being forced to
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Fire post brother!
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First cut at 8 or 9, jesus. Mine was at 12
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The 'cut off penis' one makes my penis feel like its being cut off
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I was given a tiny dick and this guys got a decent lengh and cuts it off.. What is life ffs
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Ye, what an asshole dude should have donated it 💀
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Bruh dude deleted my last comment for some odd reason im the person in the artery video
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I ain't delete it I upvoted it
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The thing underneath said the post auther deleted it so i just deleted for me as well so i dont have to see it
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Q: Why do people do self-harm?
A: Attention seeking.
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Hey, if anyone needs to talk pls lmk
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I self harm for the blood mostly, but also control, Always felt like my life is always out of my hands and control for various reasons, when i see the blood i get this pride of "i did that". Sometimes i used to use it as a punishment if i did something mean to someone else, i don't do it for that reason anymore, though.
Over time you get more creative and often deeper to satisfy that craving. It's strange, knowing we purposely do this to ourselves.
i started in middleschool on my calves and shins, i called it cutting the guppy, hid the wounds under long socks when we did our shitty p.e class. i surprisingly remember the first time i did that despite having a shitass memory. I was on the couch watching the show monsters inside me, and for some reason i was pissed off, got scissors and went ham. Never stopped since. I'm in my adulthood.
i am Not rlly caring to change though. maybe one day. But that one day isn't soon.
+good post, the psychological aspects of self harm is always an interesting subject to me. It is actively not good for you, but people are fairly easily drawn to it, even if it's not due to illness ppl sometimes self harm/get hurt for the sexual pleasure they feel during it, there's so many factors.
When u trap an animal in a cage untouched with no freedom, it'll self harm too, not usually for the same reasons, but it's wild that this counterproductive behavior happens to other species.
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Depression for many people is not what you typically expect of it (being sad all the time :( ), moreover it is the lack of any drive or positive stimulus that drives you forward. It is almost like your body keeps walking to eat, shit and sleep but your mind is frozen, unable to feel happiness and, as a coping mechanism, suppresses sad thoughts. This can happen due to a traumatic event (your love dumped you over a 7'0 ft tall black guy, your dreams were crushed in some way or another, etc…).
I never did self harm (it must not only feel painful but highly retarded) but I speculate that it is a way to create a stimulus big enough to kickstart your mind.
Most importantly, don't make permanent decisions for a temporary issue. If you think that your life is shit, think about all the shithole dwellers who live in war, famine and disease and man up.
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Blud really trying to get [effort post]
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Fuck yeah! I want the badge
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Self harm is a strange one. Folks are able to name extraneous variables that may or may not influence one's potential enactment of self harm in the future, but it doesn't seem like anybody is able to go in depth on what happens between those extraneous variables and the actual self harm itself.
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That first vid lmao hella dull knife box cutter works better
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How come It's always self harm that gets me on this site? Self harm posts are the only ones I feel truly uneasy seeing, great post
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same here, for me personally its both triggering since i dealt with it and also SOOO up close
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some people in the comments mad weird bruh
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real
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Generally love cutting myself
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What do you do to hide the cuts?
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I put a jumper pn if its on my arms if its on my thights pants and anywhere else shirts and stuff but arms are kinda hard to hide with scars
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I'm an outlier but I've always gotten pleasure from pain. It's always been for the endorphins and as a stress relief thing for me as opposed to getting shit faced after work. Never felt sorry for myself or even that is a problem. Can't be worse than destroying your liver/kidneys with substances.
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I'd agree in certain senses, as long as you aren't doing perment damage to your body I agree pain could be better but neither are good habits to fall into.
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I see your point, and people that are doing it as a result of depression and letting it perpetuate that cycle for them I do agree she should get some help. There are individuals such as myself that are entirely content with their life and new cuts are no different than a new piercing or tattoo. It really just depends on your relationship with that behavior and how that's feeding into other areas of your life. These are my own biased opinions of course and I'm not speaking for anybody else ^~^
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