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What would you class as self harm?

What would you class as self harm?

For instance I will pick at my scaps from cuts not letting them heal, and often when they do eventually heal they will form scars. I also do stuff like pick at my lips. Is this self harm because when I think about it, yeh it is, though only minor. Although I would never really have thought of myself as a self-harmer.

So what does everyone else think of that kinda thing?

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Reply 1

Princess In Disguise

interesting..i guess cutting ur wrists would count as one

Reply 2

BluEyeDevil

What would you class as self harm?

Harming oneself with the intention of inducing pain, or perhaps seeking attention.

Reply 3

No, picking at scabs/nails/lips is not self harm. It's just a nervous habit. I've picked at my lips since I was about 3. I would say self harm is more conscious and serious - a cry for help?

Reply 4

Self harmers dont always do it for attention. I knew a girl who had a really bad cutting problem who tried to skip PE and wore long sleeves all year round to cover up her scars.

Reply 5

I used to cut myself on my feet, because i figured then nobody would see, it wasnt about attention it was about pain. Its a massive generalisation to say it is all about attention, even though there are people who do that.

Reply 6

Anonymous

I used to cut myself on my feet, because i figured then nobody would see, it wasnt about attention it was about pain. Its a massive generalisation to say it is all about attention, even though there are people who do that.

very true, i bite my nails very badly sometimes till they bleed, and i dont know why i do it. its very hard to tell, i once picked up a razor and cut myself on my arm a few times to see what its like to be a self harmer. it didnt do anything for me though, or very little atleast, to the point that i wouldnt do it again.

Reply 7

cant stand people who say self harmers do it for attention. a fair few do. however i know people who dont, and that know one knows about. they do it when they cant understand or deal with emotional pain and so have to harm themselves to feel physical pain as its easier to deal with.

Reply 8

for me it was anger - i was angry at myself for the way i felt, for feeling like i couldnt cope, so i used to take out my anger by cutting myself. i thought i deserved it for being so weak and useless. I cant really say i feel any different now, it is just the shame of people maybe finding out that keeps me from still doing it.

Reply 9

I've met both types of self harmers. The attention seeking types are so annoying. I knew this girl who was always going on about it and showing her scars off and telling everyone she was suicidal. Its people like her that make genuine self harmers feel ashamed.

Reply 10

Anonymous

cant stand people who say self harmers do it for attention. a fair few do. however i know people who dont, and that know one knows about. they do it when they cant understand or deal with emotional pain and so have to harm themselves to feel physical pain as its easier to deal with.

God, I hate teenagers.

Reply 11

Someone with the intention of hurting themselves basically.

Reply 12

I had a 'friend' who didnt know i was self harming and when we had a falling out about something petty as girls do, she came into school with a knife and demanded i apologise or she'd slit her wrists. she told all our mutual friends i had driven her to hurt herself, it really messed with my head i have to be honest, people like that upset me.

Reply 13

i cut my arms sometimes with scissors when i get anxious about going outside and feel really self-conscious, ive got so much tension inside me it offers a kind of release.. anything where you're deliberately hurting yourself to express how you feel is 'self-harm'. the picking lips thing i do aswell, thats 'compulsive skin picking', its in the OCD spectrum.

Reply 14

Anonymous

i cut my arms sometimes with scissors when i get anxious about going outside and feel really self-conscious, ive got so much tension inside me it offers a kind of release.. anything where you're deliberately hurting yourself to express how you feel is 'self-harm'. the picking lips thing i do aswell, thats 'compulsive skin picking', its in the OCD spectrum.

you male or female?

get a punchbag, and stick a face on it of someone you dislike. it's not right to cut your arms for being self concious etc, just take your anger/tension out on something other than your body! :smile:

:smile:

Reply 15

If you pick to purposely scar yourself, minor as this is, it is still classed as SH

Reply 16

-1066-

you male or female?

get a punchbag, and stick a face on it of someone you dislike. it's not right to cut your arms for being self concious etc, just take your anger/tension out on something other than your body! :smile:

:smile:

This is actually a very good idea. A punch bag is good stress relief and good exercise.

Reply 17

I self-harmed once when i was so angry, so upset and just full of emotion i didn't know how to let it out yet when i did that it seemed to be a release. Needless to say after now having 3 horrible scars on my arm which people ask about and i have to akwardly answer, i've never done it again.

Reply 18

Skin picking is a form of OCD...as is hair pulling. I do both and I class it as self harm because I do it for the pain.

Reply 19

self harm is by defenition harming of the self. therefore it is the intention as oppossed to the act which nees to be considered.

This means all manner of physical 'attacking' can be classed as self-harm: cutting, burning, picking, scratching, bruising, starving youself, excessive exercise, breaking your own bones, making youself vomit, etc . . . I suppose on a more emotional level you could even go so far as to include drug abuse, forcing youself into awkward situations or abusive relationships. but that's debatable.

However most people seem to think cutting your arms with a razorblade is the only type of self-harm.

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