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Feb 07, 2018, 03:09 AM
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Member Since: Jan 2009
Location: Uppa Gumtree West
Posts: 19,433
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The most common form of self-harm is using a sharp object to cut one's skin, but self-harm also covers a wide range of behaviours including burning, scratching, banging or hitting body parts, interfering with wound healing (dermatillomania), hair-pulling (trichotillomania) and the ingestion of toxic substances or objects.[2][4][5]Behaviours associated with substance abuse and eating disorders are usually not considered self-harm because the resulting tissue damage is ordinarily an unintentional side effect.[6] However, the boundaries are not always clearly defined and in some cases behaviours that usually fall outside the boundaries of self-harm may indeed represent self-harm if performed with explicit intent to cause tissue damage. (Definition from wikipedia)
Yes. It is self harm. Some people hide it. Others don't. The fact that you dont cut yourself doesn't exclude it from SI. Do you do it to transfer the focus of your emotional pain into a physical one? You are not a fake/poser.
Why do you feel you need to make a mark for everyday you go without talking? Would it not be possible to make a mark in a book or on the wall or put a stone in something to remember this rather than self harm?
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