Why do you want to know about si? Believe me, it isn't something you want to get into. It's an addiction, just like drugs or gambling or eating disorders, or any number of things that people do to escape from their real problems and not have to deal with them, but just like all the others, it only makes it worse. It creates new problems, and exacerbates existing ones. It never solves anything. It just alters your feelings for a few minutes. Like a drug would.
Yeah, it hurts. Well, sometimes I'm too dissociated to feel it, and then I'm disappointed. I'm not going to get into methods. Some people have a ritual, and keep mostly to the same thing. I'm creative, and do many different things. Yeah, it can be dangerous. I have never had to have stitches. Never had any medical treatment for any of it, although I spent a very uncomfortable 2 hours in a jail cell with scratches all over my face, and they wanted me to go to the ER after that and I refused. It can temporarily numb emotional pain, but it isn't worth it.
I don't mind answering your questions, but I do not want to contribute to anyone starting this habit. I would feel awful about that.
Take Care,
Rap