using a scalpel or knife to make pictures, words or symbols in skin, not by a professional as scarification but just doing it yourself
Ya, I think so… when I was in high school Id get depressed and carve words into me to get the feelings out, and I was always told that it was the same as cutting…
yeah that is self harm, I never did that I use to punch myself in the head really hard and I pick scabs till they bleed.
ive scarred my face… three slashes above the eye and three below it looks like claw marks… using a razor blade then a knife to widen them… its was purely for looks… I wasn’t under duress or psychotic at the time… I would equate it to getting a tattoo I drew the lines out before hand sterilized everything and cleaned the wounds to ensure no infection… so I would say it depends on why you do it…but its not a very good idea either way you could hurt yourself and damage muscles and nerves if you do it wrong and it can get infected ect ect would recommend finding a tattoo artist to do it in the future if your not doing it for self harm… its pretty cheap as you don’t need ink or electricity…
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Years ago I used to put my fists through windows and cut my wrists with broken glass. Even over 35 years later some of the scars are still faintly visible.
I stopped doing it when I met my wife.
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I started cutting myself at like 10 or 11 years old and I don’t do it as often only when I’m really feeling bad but recently I have and I started like drawing stuff on my hands with a scalpel instead of just normally cutting I want tattoos but I don’t think I can afford one and I would have to get one illegally
ah see if you have a history of self harm I would recommend against this practice… hands are not the best spot to do it either… lots of things you could damage and the scars have a much harder time showing up and staying… if you really want one go find a tattoo artist who does scarification… just make sure they have the proper credentials and watch them sterilize everything… its cheaper than ink…
I know that’s probably not what you want to hear… but you say you do it when your feeling really bad… so I will have to agree with everyone else and say even though your putting it in designs its self harm…
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Yes it’s a form of self harm.
I would bring it up with your pdoc and therapist, if you have one.
I used to be a “cutter” for a period in my life.
I brought it up with my psychiatrist and was prescribed proper meds that helped me stop.
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what did they prescribe? I feel like a med wouldn’t make me want to stop
I think a lot of people find help in therapy with this too…
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Well each Case is different.
For me it was Tegretol, a mood stabilizer because my mixed States were causing me to cut myself, but your reasons may be different.
Your pdoc would know what to do.
Open up about it with him, it will help.
Sometimes the issue is Psychological and therapy can help, @nimdAzS is right.
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