[LlamaLlamaDuck]

Although self harm/cutting is an emotional outlet for a lot of people, and some people do it for the attention as a cry for help, there are still the minority of people that do it, not because they're attention deprived but just because they like to show it off and be the center of attention.
I used to be friends with a girl who was always in the middle. She had lots of friends, a fairly good family life, she shared everything with me. But she often made things up, just for fun. Like inventing boyfriends and such. And she started cutting.
She took photos of it on her phone and left it lying around, pretending not to realise. I kept getting messages from her saying 'Stopping cutting is easier said than done' and when I saw her and asked if she was okay she would show me and talk about the bleeding and such, but never a reason behind it.
No matter how much I tried to support her with it, it didn't make a difference at all. There was never a reason why she would do it. Then when she cut pretty badly and left her sleeves up at school all day, student support called her mum and she was sent to a psychiatrist but refused to go. But she stopped. She literally just stopped cutting and never mentioned it again. Said she'd come to me if she ever wanted to and it never happened.
Long story short: She cut and could never say why, despite always sharing everything with me, she made up a lot of stories, she broadcasted her cuts and then just stopped without any argument, any signs of struggling, nothing.
This from the person that knew her inside out for over 2 years.
Yes, some people do show it off as a cry for help, but there are others, like my 'friend', who literally just did it because she wanted another reason for people to love her and feel sorry for her.