I used to cut i stopped for a few months but had to start self harming again.
Rubber band self harm scars.
I started off so so ashamed of my scars but i ve come to see them as just another thing on my body that i need to learn to accept.
Alice in the past i have self mutilated and recently there has been a lot of added stress to my life.
Am an asshole who once thought self harm is being selfish and unnecessary to do got to the point where i would self harm my self and finally understood.
Obviously you didn t self harm or you weren t a real self harmer.
The social worker who went through the dbt handout with me suggested the rubber band method too.
Besides finding distraction techniques alternatives such as these rather condescending both these methods still use pain to deal with overwhelming feelings or whatever other reason people self harm.
You didn t even go that deep that s what i keep thinking to myself.
I do this probably 5 times on each wrist multiple times a day.
When you feel the need to cut snap the rubber band until the urge subsides.
Alternatives to self harm snap a rubber band around your wrist.
For me it s a quick fix.
In that case i get even angrier at myself amp.
Self harm also known as self injury is defined as the intentional direct injuring of body tissue done without the intent to commit suicide.
I actually get frustrated that the rubber band won t leave lasting scars.
I know that snapping a rubber band on ur wrist is a good way to help you out of self harm if you do it not too hard but that s not the case for me.
One day at school me and my friend thought that it was a good idea to draw self harm scars on our wrist.
I pull the band back so far to the point where it almost breaks and i snap it againt my wrist.
Does a rubber band on wrist count as self harm.
It s like if i lose my scars then what proof do i have that it ever really happened.
If you re in the same position don t be scared to reach out to.
The most common form of self harm is using a sharp object to cut one s skin.
I guess it s a 50 50 thing then.
Other forms include behaviour such as burning.
It s a physiological thing.
So did my school counsellor in year 12.
I wish i wasn t like this.
Find a thick rubber band and put it around your wrist.
Draw on yourself with sharpie draw pretend wounds where you want to cut.
I was just curious are there any downsides to this method as an example i have been doing this for a week now and i have gotten a bruise on my hand it probably isn t from me snapping the rubber band but.
Other terms such as cutting and self mutilation have been used for any self harming behavior regardless of suicidal intent.
