Since we have now reached Retard Critical Mass (RCM) and the bulk of the newfags seem to be congregating here and in /h/pets, I'd like to take a few minutes to reiterate what this category is and is not for. Mostly the latter, but we'll cover both.

What /h/Selfharm IS NOT For:

• Still images of your gay little cat scratches

• Still images of you hitting beans

• Low effort videos of you scratching styro

• DISCUSSION TOPICS - WPD IS NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU ADVICE ON CUTTING YOURSELF. How do you even need advice on this anyway? Sharp edge+flesh+pressure. It's literally that simple. That's all it takes. Cavemen were doing it to others with rocks many thousands of years ago, surely you can sort it out on your own with modern technology.

• THERAPY - WPD IS NOT YOUR THERAPIST. While you almost certainly have people in real life who care about you and want to help you, WPD is both 1) not real life and 2) not here to serve as your confidant or friend. This is not a therapeutic website. This is not for whining about trauma or addiction or whatever. Do that shit in /h/social if you must. People are here, inexplicably, to see blood and guts. Not read your bitching.

• Encouraging self-harm. If someone becomes seriously injured or dead because of your encouragement, guess who's on the hook legally for that shit? Yeah, that's you. Not WPD. Don't do it. We have zero tolerance for this and it's for your own protection.

What /h/Selfharm IS For:

• Videos of people inflicting nonlethal harm upon themselves. This can be bladed, it can be fire, it can be bruising, it can be whatever.

• Especially gnarly pictures of the above, I suppose.

I hope this clears things up. Please stop posting your stupid irrelevant shit here. We have literally 3 jannies, they can't keep up with this avalanche of nonsense.

Hi everyone!

We have noticed a big influx of self-harmers here who upload photos of their own cuts. If you are one of those people, welcome! Now, let's get straight to the point of this post. We have observed that there has been an increase in romanticizing self-harm, which is something that we are not keen on.

The /h/selfharm flair rarely had OC (original content, the uploader is the one who did the cutting), but there has been a big increase recently. The flair has shifted from "watch someone cut" to "watch my cute cut". Therefore, we want to implement the following rule:

• Comments and posts that encourage/romanticize self-harm will be removed.

We don't want people to rile each other up by commenting on how pretty a cut is. We don't want people to upload their "cute cuts :3". Romanticizing self-harm is not allowed. By enforcing this rule, we hope to reduce these kinds of interactions with all posts.

We hope you understand. If anyone needs help with stopping self-harm or is interested in alternate coping methods that are not as damaging to the body, please let me know :) (been there, done that).

Thank you for your time !

(Posting this in /h/selfharm for more visibility)

A lot of this is by coldness in my heart

ATTENTION

before you comment anything please know that NON of this is oc i don't do any self harm and enjoy !

This one is my favourite lmao

jeezzz down to the bone !

This post is going to be a little long but these are a collection of skinnings i did on my arm..yes i am seeking help, i will be going to and intensive out patient treatment and be getting a peer worker for support. i am in therapy and on meds, don't tell me i need help..i know i do and i am getting help

Section 1

progression

skin

breakdown of the different layers

serous fluid + plasma leakage

day 34 (fully healed) it's dry but not really tight

Section 2

link to the post where there is progression + skin pics

https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/selfharm/post/122999/arm-skinning-oc

fresh

51 days of healing

Section 3

fresh

skin

Section 4

progression

i initially wasn't expecting to do a skinning here, i was trying to avoid it but i underestimated how triggering having a square cut is

skin + skin jar

addition to it to satisfy the urges

skin

plan to add onto it to connect it to the other scar

finished result

skin

scar

Section 5

plan

finished results

skin

plan to connect it to the other scar

finished results

healing + slough debridment

information on slough and it's management

https://www.pcdsociety.org/resources/details/management-of-slough-in-diabetic-foot-wounds

Section 6

plan

the purple dot on the top wound is just scar tissue

finished results, i did cut the triangles out

skin

Section 7

plan

finished results

skin

photo from the session

Section 8

plan

finished results

skin

Section 9

plan..the skin spots haunted me, i had to take them out

finished results, these creep me tf out

skin + skin jar

Section 10

plan..only did one side but i expanded it

Section 11

plan

first cut, reached fascia and have an exposed blood vessel

progress i guess

skin

Section 11 - Healing Updates + Miscellaneous

refilling my skin jar with 91% isopropyl alcohol

These are not meant to be pretty, they are a result of my OCD/OCPD obsession of filling space and the goal was to make it a wall of scar tissue to quiet my mind..I am trying to stop but it is much easier said than done..and yes, i am officially diagnosed with both OCD/OCPD

The reason I save the skin is because I feel like I'm wasting it otherwise.

I will continue to update this post but here is a link to my public archive where you will see more like this and in general deep wounds: https://t.me/+CyaY519JM1FlOGYx

I am not attention seeking, I am simply sharing the harm I've done to myself as it fits the flair

Do not ask me what I use to self harm or what techniques I use and do not romanticize or glorify my harm

cut again after like 5 months of being clean

What must go thru your mind to think this is the best thing to do? I'm a girl but fuck my non existing shlong hurts

Tatbir, also known as Zanjeer Zani or Qama Zani, is a tradition by Shia Muslims where they would hit themselves with swords or whip themselves with chains or knife-whips until and sometimes even after they lacerate themselves deeply and sometimes get sword carvings into their scalp and skull in order to remember and feel the pain that the Shia Muslim prophet Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ), the grandson of Mohammed, felt during the battle of Karbala on October 10, 680 (Or, as according to the Muslim Hijri calendar, 10 Muharram, 61 AH). The battle resulted in the death of Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, many of Husayn's family members taken prisoner, and the start of the second fitna by the Umayyad Caliphate's army led by Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (Arabic: يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان).

This tradition isn't accepted in most of the Shia community, though the largest sector of Shia Islam (Twelver Shi'ism) practices it they don't always practice in the violent and bloody way as it's shown in many videos and pictures. It's actively contested by many Shia clerics, since self-harm is considered haram in Islam many modernist clerics deem the practice of tatbir as impermissible. But most religious authorities associate all forms of self-flagellation and blood-letting as ways to relate to painful deaths during the battle of Karbala by Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib and supporters. Many well known clerics including Ruhollah Khomeini and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei state that it's permissible to practice tatbir, though a lot of clerics including Ali Khamenei and Naser Makarem Shirazi state that it is forbidden and unnecessary especially if it induces harm. Many Shias who celebrate and practice the tradition and don't want to cause immense harm to themselves instead beat on their chests or hit their heads with their bare hands instead of using swords or whips on themselves. Though some don't even recommend beating oneself and instead people like Iraqi sociologist Ibrahim al-Haidari and the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, called for the abandonment of how Tatbir is practiced and called for it to be replaced with Shias making blood donations. Many went along with this sentiment, an example would be how a man named Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine established a blood bank in Najaf, Iraq to donate blood on Ashura day to patients who need it in replacement with regular Tatbir.

The tradition is always celebrated on October 10th, or 10 Muharram depending if you're using the Hijri calendar, and on the 40th day after Ashura which is known as Arba'een (Arabic: الأربعين), or in Persian as Chehelom (Persian: چهالم), which both literally translate to fortieth.

The tradition is celebrated and practiced all around the Middle East including Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan (Though it has either remained underground or no one practices anymore due to the Taliban), Pakistan, and India. Iraq is the main country in the Middle East to have the largest congregation of people celebrating Tatbir almost every year. The tradition has moved into western countries as well, with Shias in western countries including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany. Though in the western countries many practice the harmful part in mosques or private residences, some do it in public or publicly yet secluded areas.

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