Its kind of funny in a weird way that every therapist I have ever seen asks "do you self injure?". No thats not the funny part for there is nothing funny about self injury. I the funny part is that when they ask this they are talking about cutting. There are so many other ways a person can self injure but cutting is the one the psych world focuses on when asking about self injuious behavior. So I thought I would post some of mine so that those who do these things too will not feel like they are crazy and alone ---
1. Cutting
2. walking until the muscles hurt for hours
3. Biting my arms
4. hitting, punching myself (with or without objects)
5. punching the floor or wall so that my hand hurts
6. eating something that I know my stomach can't
handle just so that I can feel the pain
7. Burning myself on purpose (matches, candles
cooking)
8. head banging
9. bathing or showering in water that is too hot.
10. social situations that lead to the other person
inflicting pain of some kind