Rubber Band Self Harm Scars

Self harm also known as self injury is defined as the intentional direct injuring of body tissue done without the intent to commit suicide.

Rubber band self harm scars.

I actually get frustrated that the rubber band won t leave lasting 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. Other forms include behaviour such as burning. You didn t even go that deep that s what i keep thinking to myself.

So did my school counsellor in year 12. One day at school me and my friend thought that it was a good idea to draw self harm scars on our wrist. I wish i wasn t like this. Draw on yourself with sharpie draw pretend wounds where you want to cut.

It makes me want to cut more. 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. I do this probably 5 times on each wrist multiple times a day. If you re in the same position don t be scared to reach out to.

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. So far i m doing well only 1 cut in the past 14 or so days. Other terms such as cutting and self mutilation have been used for any self harming behavior regardless of suicidal intent. Obviously you didn t self harm or you weren t a real self harmer.

The most common form of self harm is using a sharp object to cut one s skin. When you feel the need to cut snap the rubber band until the urge subsides. 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. In that case i get even angrier at myself amp.

Find a thick rubber band and put it around your wrist. I pull the band back so far to the point where it almost breaks and i snap it againt my wrist. I ve heard about wearing a rubber band on your wrist as an alternative. It s like if i lose my scars then what proof do i have that it ever really happened.

Alternatives to self harm snap a rubber band around your wrist. Alice in the past i have self mutilated and recently there has been a lot of added stress to my life. I guess it s a 50 50 thing then. The social worker who went through the dbt handout with me suggested the rubber band method too.

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. It s a physiological thing.