[Sonrisa777]

Hi, I have been a self injurer for a while, but recently, I have noticed that sometimes when I think of sex, I feel uncomfortable, and have the feeling that I want to protect my genitals. Then I immediately want to hurt that area, with my nails. It's worrying...has anybody else experienced this?

[smmath]

I have hurt myself down there, but for different reasons. Are you feeling protective because of something that has happened in your past? Maybe you are dealing with the trauma of something that happened to you. You are not alone in wanting to harm that area. When you have self harmed before, what were your triggers?

[Sonrisa777]

Originally Posted by smmath

I have hurt myself down there, but for different reasons. Are you feeling protective because of something that has happened in your past? Maybe you are dealing with the trauma of something that happened to you. You are not alone in wanting to harm that area. When you have self harmed before, what were your triggers?

I am not dealing with any trauma as far as I am aware. I'm not sure what you mean by triggers, but when I do it, I usually feel an intense sense of low self worth, even though I know it's not right, in the moment, it feels that way.

[puzzclar]

I have, and for me it has become an addiction in other ways.

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[Malixer112]

Originally Posted by Sonrisa777

Hi, I have been a self injurer for a while, but recently, I have noticed that sometimes when I think of sex, I feel uncomfortable, and have the feeling that I want to protect my genitals. Then I immediately want to hurt that area, with my nails. It's worrying...has anybody else experienced this?

I haven't heard of genital self-harm until now, but one of my close friends used to self-harm, and she would have unprotected sex to help cope. I'm not sure how it helped, but apparently for her, it did.
Sometimes, I'll notice little scratches around that area, and wonder how they got there, because I don't recall how they got there. I like to grab my thighs when I get nervous, but I can't scratch. It's so confusing to me, and the pain from the sting makes me want to self-harm even more. When times get really hard for me, I tend to lean towards reading, writing, or even communicating sexual things, but it's not sexual self-harm if it's not harming me in any way.

[fentagurl]

You are just using it as a coping mechanism, and probably sexually frustrated. In a more extreme way I suppose it could escalate and become damaging.

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