Triggering (SH): Cutting.

[The_Princess]

Okay, I am a pretty severely messed up teenager, and this just proved it:

I've always been very curious (in a twisted way) of the affects of a knife on the pale, thin, skin of ones wrist. I've done it before and I scared some of the people that I love pretty bad. I suppose when I did it then, it was because I was depressed and wanted to try it out. But today however, I was just curious. Curious as to the sting of a cold blade piercing the skin. Curious to see if blood would come out. So, I took a kitchen knife from a knife block and made one clear and neat line on my wrist. I didn't go deep at all. (Probably because I am too scared to see what would happen, which is good, because it shows that I'd be too scared to commit suicide.) And when it didn't come out the way I wanted, I made another just above it. This one did draw blood. And it did it faster than the other one. I got it calmed down now, it stopped bleeding and I put neosporin on it. So there are two questions to this.

1: What is wrong with me and why is this happening
2: Is there a way to keep it from poofing up and looking suspicious???

[1yr1a]

the answer to your questions
you are like me i didn't know if it would bleed or make me feel better so i tryed it and it worked and thats where the suffering spiral starts i have been addicted for about a year and a half and i am now trying to stop if you do it it only gets worse you will bleed more and might go as far as needing stitches (like i have) and its no good the scars are horribal and i get reminded of what iv done every day and if you want to hide them the where wrist bands or bracelets hope this helps you

[chility]

1. nothing wrong with you. everyone's curious sometimes to try different things, like smoking and stuff. it's part of being human.
2. put a plaster over it and pretend it was caused by something else and isn't as serious as it actually is! always works for me.

hope this helps

[Palmolive]

Hey there,

I am really sorry you're feeling this way to self harm. It's a horrible place to be in.

Honestly? I don't think there's anything wrong with you. I don't think it makes you weird, crazy, a creep or anything else. You are you and this is just something you're experiencing right now. But you can start to feel better and live a life with out self harm.

However I want to remind you that you need to try and stay safe if you're cutting. Infections are early caught and it's important that you keep your wounds clean and so on.

As for not having anyone see your self harm on your wrist, you could cover it with a plaster and then wear bracelets or something over the top

I hope this helps.
Tale care.
Jessie.