Help! I Need to know if this is self mutilation!

Is it consittered self mutilation if you take the skin on your arm and pinch it between you nails creating a deep mark? Sometiems it bleeds, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it goes away fast, other times it stays for a while... Is that self mutilation??

Well I'm not sure if it would be considered /mutilation/ but I definitely think it is a form of self injury.

I'm think I'm getting addicted to it.. It helps... Omg I'm scared!!

ok first off calm yourself. second, i know what it feels like. i used to take scissors and just break my skin, but i never really intended it to bleed or anything, but when it did, i tried to stop, but it was only once that i bleed, so i did it again, but that time it went pretty deep and i felt a little faint, half from the blood and half from being scared out of my mind. its a very scary thing, but what you have to do is calm down and try to think clearly. think of all the things that could happen if you continued it and think of all the things that you could do if you stopped. its really important to think as clearly as you can. then once youve thought everything through, decide if it really is the best thing to do. i suggest that you stop because you could start actually cutting and things will get even worse. try to find an alternative to it, another way you can help without having to go through all the fear and everything else that goes along with that addiction. good luck and i hope you make a good choice!

I think ash is right, If you're hurting yourself on purpose then it must be self harm. Good site by the way. x

Yes hun, this is self-mutilation. Get help before it gets any worse.

Thank you everyone!! So much... I'll try to stop... but its better then cutting since it wont break the skin right?....and it goes away within a day too.... I dont know what to do!! Maybe this isn't that best thing but it seems to calm me! :'(

Please, please try and stop. You may think it's better than cutting but soon enough you probably will start to cut yourself. It's not worth it trust me, I've been there.
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yeah i started by just pinching skin and scratching myself...now i use scissors. Its not good. please stop befoe this gets too far. If u wana tlak im here xXx

yeah, its hard to find an alternative to it. try writing your feelings in some form of art or writing. i started writing poetry and writing in a journal and it helped a lot. you can just write down everything you feel and afterwards you feel like a big weight has been taken off your shoulders. good luck!

yeah I'm trying... and I do write.. alot... but Its so hard, and I've only done it like 6 times, theres little marks but they all go away within a day... I'm so sorry to everyone who cuts, I never knew how addicteive it was!!! :'(

i never really got too addicted to it, so it was easier to stop, but while i was doing it, i would make all these little scratches on my hand and stuff. it sort of made me feel better just to look at them, but ive just sort of convinced myself not to anymore, but every once in awhile, i really feel like i want to again. but i just remember the fear when i did and im able to get it out of my mind.

l started with little scratches and a month later l was cutting pretty bad...stop while you can