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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Isn't it a bitch.

I want to cut so bad and I am struggling with the urges. Then I am doing the dishes and cut my finger on a knife, accidently. What do I do? Pull back so it doesn't cut me too bad. It was the perfect accident and I wish I cut deep. Usually I take the knife and make it worse but I am fighting to stop si so I leave it alone.

Does anyone else purposely make true accidents worse?
Posted on 07/25/08, 01:07 pm
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Reply #1 - 07/25/08  6:53pm
" I don't make them worse as and when they happen but I'm enclined to keep picking scabs occasionally. "
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