I have had 3 different people on 3 separate occasions offer to show me pictures of their self harm.
Is that like, a thing? Why me?
Do they just assume that because I have a mental illness that I want to be a part of that? Cause as far as I’m concerned it’s super messed up
Has this happened to anyone else?
I had a women that would do that. I think its just a way of them validating their suffering to someone else, by showing them off.
Mine got covered up with tattoos years ago.
Is that what it is? Okay, that sort of makes sense, I suppose
I plan on getting mine tattooed over too, once I’m back to work and I can afford it
To me it seems like that.
Like - “look how much pain im in”, but “im unable to express it verbally”.
I could be talking out my arse tho, but ive always thought of it that way.
No, that makes sense. I just thought it was weird that it keeps happening. I was worried that it was something to do with me or something
I have seen it done like @Naarai says. I have also seen it done as an attempt to manipulate like “we fought and then i self harmed and im going to try to make you feel like it was your fault”
This is a sz forum, not a borderline or histrionic personality disorder forum so I’ll say it: isn’t showing off your self-inflicted stigmata more typical of bordies and ageing Austrian divas than of us, struggling schizos?
I am not BPD or histrionic (I’m SZA/bipolar), and I was a cutter. It’s not just relegated to one illness.
This isn’t about me showing off, this is about other people showing me
@HannahBanana I know, and I wasn’t being that serious. 
Ahhh I see okie. Well, now that you mention it, yes, they were all DX’d as BPD
I’ve had someone do that to me when I was struggling with self harm myself. It was triggering so I told him off. He was diagnosed with bpd as well.
Also my ex with bpd did this. She sent a pic of her cutting herself to my friend while we were at a concert because she believed I shouldn’t have gone with her
I’ve never been a cutter or anything like that and I’ve never had anyone send me pictures. Until I heard about it on the Internet I never knew cutting or self harm was a thing, Of course I have heard of suicide.
I want to cover mine up. I don’t show them to anyone… more often people see it and ask me about it.
We all know people with EUPD can be manipulative buggers - and yes ive seen it, and shamefully done it myself, and self-harmed to attention seek, if only to spend a few hours in a safe environment like the ER.
I think the term is para-suicide. And now ive got my act together, you realise what a waste of resources it is on medical teams, when in reality your best chance of recovery and stopping pulling that crap is talking therapy.
When your mentally immature tho - i can see why people act out that way.
Any time I’ve self harmed it’s been because of psychosis. I’ve never done it for attention, or to deal with overwhelming emotions
I never cut or self harmed but I did think about and planned suicide an awful lot. And for quite a few years too. Fifteen years.
Definitely been suicidally depressed before. Not fun. Do not recommend
I was referring to personality disorders. And yes i know - its can come from psychosis as well. I was drawing on my own personal experience. Not to take away your reasons for doing it. I wasnt calling you an attention seeker 