[Frozen_Heart]

Ok... as I look at my arms, chest, and legs, I'm thinking of grabbing a pin and doing some dot to dot. I've created wounds and just keep breaking them open. Now, I've begun to work on my left foot. . . I walk with a limp from the amout of skin pulling I've done. It doesn't seem normal but is it a nervous habit or self-injury.

I was sitting here moment ago, just ripping off pieces of flesh from my left heal and am bleeding in several places and can feel the pain but I'm thinking of picking more. It's like I"m thinking, 'I've already done the damage, why not just tear it up......

STRANG. . .


What do you all think (other than I'm a freak of nature).



edited for trigger icon - Rap

anything that is inflicting harm to you and your body is considered self injury. It can be as simple as taking a bath in water hot enough to cause the body to turn red and painful, pulling out your eyebrows and eyelashes during times of frustration to hitting biting pulling hair, punching walls, hitting yourself with hand or other objects, scratching out of anger and frustration or to feel pain, cutting yourself with fingernails or an object such as a knife safety pins, needles, anything with a sharp point.

[Rapunzel]

Yes. Even picking at wounds, preventing healing as fast, is SI. IMO, it often comes down to what purpose it serves for you. If you do it in relation to emotionl pain, it's probably SI.

Now, what benefit is there in recognizing whether or not a behavior is SI? How are you going to approach that behavior now? What does it tell you about other skills you may need to develop?

Rap

[Frozen_Heart]

Sorry about the trigger Icon. . . thank you for changing it. . .

Good questions to think about. I think it's more of a self-hate thing, I guess (or I've watched to much Oprah) but that can be my only explanation. I know how ugly and disgusting (sp) I feel as I'm doing it but I keep on because I think it doesn't matter.

(Today I have bandaids on my fingertips (looks pretty silly) to remind myself not to start.

Thanks for the feedback.

[xxemogurlxx]

yeah i used to and still do pick the skin around my thumbs and i used to pick my scalp until it bled. i didn't realzie it was SI until it got worse and spread into using sharp objects. even though i was sumtimes even subconsciencly doing it, it would still count. so yeah what ur doing is the same thing.