What is Self-Injury

Self-harm is also known as self-injury (SI), self-inflicted violence (SIV), self-injurious behavior (SIB), and self-mutilation, although this last term has connotations that some p...

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how do you cut? *triggering*
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just wondering how do you cut..soft at first and then harder?
and how deep do u go?
and what do you use?
i'm just wondering...i miss talking to fellow SIers.
Posted on 05/11/08, 06:05 pm
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Reply #71 - 05/12/08  6:54pm
" the opposite. hard at first, and then softer. the first one is always the deepest, then i sort of regain my composure. "
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Reply #72 - 05/12/08  8:50pm
" i slice my skin with a razor blades until i feel a lil better
long cuts, multiple cuts "
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Reply #73 - 05/12/08  9:04pm
" i make small nicks at first but then i press deeper making long scratches across my wrist. Then i go back to nicks. i try to make them less noticeable so noone can see them. "
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Reply #74 - 05/13/08  1:53pm
" yea ive goten to the point i can use just about anything to cut now....glass,plastic knives,i used a fork once,safty pins,staples.......just about anything that has sone kind of point "
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Reply #75 - 05/13/08  4:09pm
" i started off scratchin when i was young then to small cuts n slices the last year and half though ive been in and out of hospital, my arms and thighs are like mince meat, had 17 stitches on sunday all my inner stuff was all stuck out, they are all really infected at mo, so if i feel i need to harm i keep messin with stitches and messin, it makes them pound and sting really bad x "
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Reply #76 - 05/13/08  4:37pm
" I personally like to burn... I love the rush that it gives.. I mainly use my lighter. I normally only cut when I am bored and want to watch myself bleed.. then I'll just use a razor "
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Reply #77 - 05/13/08  4:38pm
" hi im strange with my cuttin its more like a ritual 4 me something i really enjoy! i have everything i need in a special covered shoe box! i light candles and lay the blades (varios sizes) in a line with a bottle of perfume and some cotton wool balls and usually some damp tissue covered in perfum! all on a little piece of cloth! i relax myself then i cut hard and deep! untill there is alot of blood its better wen its drippin every were! then after a few mins ill put the perfume soaked tissue on my arm and hold it there 4 ages! the feelings of release are amazing! i no its not good but its such an addictive feeling!! xx "
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Reply #78 - 05/13/08  7:53pm
" i press down hard with a razor... then slash...i go deeper and deeper till iget one thats deep enough...its so wide that when you wipe the blood away you can see the muscle and stuff "
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Reply #79 - 05/13/08  7:54pm
" i have a tin where i keep all my sharp cuttingthings.. and bouncy balls "
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Reply #80 - 05/13/08  8:32pm
" hello i am new here i just wanted to say hi "
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