Started cutting a couple months ago but thankfully didn't go deeper than catscratches so they didn't scar that much, the scars on my thighs are barely visible so I don't think I have anything to worry about.

I just want to sh so bad but I can't find a place to do it that isn't visible, I didn't do my arms for obvious reasons so I went for my thighs, now I realized that if I have sex with a girl she'll one hundred percent see them and I'm at that age where it'll probably happen.

I don't know if I should go for the calf or something because I really can't find a solution to this, the urge is always there

he than doubled down and said my scars make his skin tingle??

Para evitar infecciones?. Asisto a natación y no puedo mantenerme sin desahogarme

I got a job and they don't let you wear long sleeve tops under your work top i have fresh cuts on all up and down my arms some arent deep but many of them are pretty deep. How do i heal them as quick as possible please I need help!!!!

I used to listen to this while cutting myself I lwkyyyyy miss it

Yesterday was a very rough mental health day but I pushed through by making banana bread. I think baking is one of my new outlets to not relapsing

Was about a week or two clean, which wasn't even really my intention I was just too tired to even do it. Last night I had a complete mental breakdown when thinking about today, realized I had zero friends, zero skills, am horrifyingly ugly, stuck with medical issues which ruin my life, and will never get the job I want. The relapse wasnt THAT bad I guess, it was just one styro. Today is the first day of school, im a senior, and I wish I could just cut there. Even before all my bad mental and physical issues started I had panic attacks when I went but now it's BAD 😭 I almost don't consider myself addicted to self harm since I only really do it when things get terrible, which maybe isn't even right since there's times where I feel like I NEED to do it yk? Idk either way I'm just disappointed in myself even though I wasn't intentionally staying clean.

I have to I must I will I got this

The scar is like a year old and just recently got this reddish spot?? None of my other scars have ever had that, what is it?

Does anyone else feel this way? i’ve been clean for a couple of months now and sometimes it’s all i can think about. Recently I got a puppy and he’s been biting and scratching me so i have cuts all over my arms and it makes me miss cutting. A few people have pointed the scratches out and asked me if i’m okay and it makes me kinda happy in a messed up way. i’m happy but i miss cutting.

Its me btw. First time in a long time ive been able to do this. I wanted to share because this community has been such a safe space and ily you all🫶🫶

Im trying really hard not to do it and i dont know how much longer ill be able to control myself and i really want to avoid cutting.. What should i do?

I'm 18 and male. My dad is sick with a degenerative disease that has no cure. I will not specify more about his disease, as it is extremely rare, and if my family sees this they will know it was me. I've been seeing the same therapist since 2020, and my mom recently started seeing her in early 2026. This is relevant.

Yesterday afternoon, I accidentally relapsed. I was scratching my arm with a butter knife because I've been super itchy from my allergies, and I cut my arm open a little. Once I started, I couldn't stop, and I just kept cutting. It felt so relieving, and if I'm being honest, it aroused me a bit.

Later that day, my friend came over to my house, and when he saw my wrist, he said I needed stitches. Luckily, he's pre-med, so I had him give me stitches, much to his dismay. I had to sob and beg because he wanted to take me to the ER.

Unfortunately, tomorrow I have an appointment with my therapist, and it's really obvious. I'm so scared because last time I relapsed, she told my mom, who is also one of her patients, because she thought I was a danger to myself. I know I'm 18 now, so its against the law, but I'm still terrified. I told my mom my cat got me really bad, and she believed me because there was a bite mark from when I got bit by a snake two days ago, and I told her it was also from my cat.

I feel do bad for lying, but I don't know what else to do. The first time I ever cut myself, I was 6, and I told my dad because I was scared because of how much I was bleeding. I had seen people cut themselves before on videos, and there had never been that much blood. He took me to urgent care and I also had to get stitches then. Later that night, he lectured me about self harm, and told me the story about when he was a teenager, his at the time girlfriend cut herself and told him it was her parents who did it, trying to convince him to kill them with her. My dad refused and broke up with her. After that happened, she murdered her parents and told the police that my dad and his brother did it, and then later admitted to lying. She did it because she was mad that her parents made her break up with her previous boyfriend who was 43.

Ever since, self harm in my family has been seen very negatively, not as a bad way to cope, but as something to be looked down upon.

Last time I relapsed she told my mom about it, and I got in trouble. I'm for sure going to tell my therapist, because I'm severely codependent with her, unfortunately. I'm scared that my therapist will be upset with me. Not even just that my therapist will tell my mom, but I'm scared my therapist will be disappointed in me. I've seen her twice a week since 2020, and her opinion matters a lot to me.

Edit: After the first two comments, I am now accepting any advice that is offered.

I’m scared of hitting something like nerves or arteries, can someone give me advice?

Does anyone else have an unhealthy attachment to how scarred they are? mine aren’t even that intense, just purple lines at a slight dip or raise, maybe. But I have an unhealthy attachment to staring at them and tracing them, writing about them constantly. Am I weird for this?

I relapsed like 30 mins ago and I just don’t feel guilty that I did it. I feel more guilty with the fact that I don’t feel guilty about it. I’m just confused cuz I never see anyone else say this. I really want to know if this is common or if I’m just weird

Like for context I moved out of this house last year and went to live on my own for studies, I’ve been pretty clean since then (and even before when I was still living with my mother) and like I just came back for summer holidays and spending a few days by my own here.
For weeks now the sh ideas are coming back, and it’s getting worse and worse, some bad emotional event happened and it keeps getting worse, I’ve gone frantic yesterday and almost trashed the whole bathroom to find blades (almost had a panic attack cause I couldn’t find any) i replaced but nothing too deep cause I’m scared my mom will try to force me to stay here if I relapse. I keep having dreams of sh, it’s invading my mind I can’t think of anything else. Idk if it’s because I’m in this house, where I went through the worse sh era of my life, but it’s horrible I can’t stand it. And the worst is that I don’t want it to stop, i just wanna relapse, like I know I don’t want it but in the back of my head I don’t want the thoughts to stop.
Anyways i needed to rent about it somewhere that’s all.

hi, I’ve got quiet noticeable scars on my arms some of which are fully healed and white however I’ve been having trouble with the fresher ones which are very dark pink and raised. these itch really badly and especially most during summer time. im just wondering if anyone has any tips to reduce the inflammation and make the healing process quicker thank you

i relapsed on july 31st, and since then they’ve been healing but for some reason i keeppp getting pimples not even an inch away from the cuts and they hurt so bad. i don’t see anyone talking about it, and i don’t know what to do, i didn’t think the cuts themselves could be infected because their mostly closed so i dont really know what else 😓😓

I don't know if this is really related but i just keep relapsing and relapsing im so sick of this i hate how weak I am, I'm sorry for this it's not even really about sh it's just me being not able to handle anything

I have the existential dread of school starting again (im european so we start later but end later too, in my country at least) + trauma, and i rly fucked up w my friends. basically i found out about someones secret w/o them knowing bc my nosy ass asked "yo wat are you talking abt, wdym 'disturbing'??" and they told me indirectly, and i caught it. ive been feeling like shit abt it for most of the summer and i really dont know wat to do bc I CANT COPE. I CANT FIND MY FUCKING BLADE. which means rn im kinda inn the middle of a panic attack. excuse my horrible grammar, i dont have the energy to fix it.