Social Anxiety Support

Moon Calf · 11-05-2009, 08:49 PM

Does anybody here ever deliberately hurt themselves?

Your Crazy · 11-05-2009, 09:16 PM

I use to cut myself in the 11th grade. Then wrote a journal about it, then lost it at school, then someone found it, then they reported it, then I got institutionalized. And you know what? I functioned better when I was in that place than I did in the real world. Good times...

Oneiros · 11-06-2009, 01:43 AM

I used to beat my head around when overwhelmed with anxiety and tension. But thankfully I've stopped now, not getting anywhere near that level of anxiety... meds cut it off pretty quickly when I see it coming. Plus there's a few suicide attempts, but that's another story.

Logan X · 11-06-2009, 06:10 AM

I used to.

Toad Licker · 11-06-2009, 10:51 AM

I used to, I still think about it when I'm at my most depressed.

kidfortoday · 11-06-2009, 11:07 AM

I used to cut myself and now I've got really ugly scars all over, I regret it but I still get the urge to do it again every now and then.

shadowmask · 11-06-2009, 11:09 AM

I have on five or six occasions. I didn't really feel any "urge" or compulsion to do it, nor do I now, I simply felt I deserved to be in pain.

Meli24R · 11-06-2009, 11:22 AM

I sometimes cut or scratched my arms in my early teens. I've done it maybe 5 times in the past 7 years. I have to be either extremely angry or in complete despair to do it.

QuakerOats167 · 11-06-2009, 05:44 PM

I used to do it a lot more and luckily don't have too much like permanent scarring. I've been getting the urge to do it a little bit lately, but only have actually done it once in the past few months. I use rubber bands and snap them on my wrists whenever I start thinking about it. It's a good way to slowly come off of it. It still feels good but it's way better than cutting.

brokensaint · 11-06-2009, 05:55 PM

I use to cut. An ambulance had to be called once, another time both my arms were covered in blood after I cut myself over eighty times. Once I was so angry that blood started gushing from my nose. I guess I hurt myself from being so angry?

ShyViolet · 11-06-2009, 06:46 PM

Once or twice I rammed my head into a wall. I used to beat my thighs with a hairbrush, pinch myself, lie in bed at night crying and smacking my arms, legs, and face.

I haven't done any of these things in a long time.

nothing to fear · 11-06-2009, 07:24 PM

yes, i've done it off and on for eight years now. it has been about a month since i've last done it but it still crosses my mind in some ways almost every day. overall it's much better than it used to be.

lissa530 · 11-06-2009, 07:29 PM

I ues to brun myself at my lowest point

(. I have not self harmed in a few months

.

mollypop · 11-06-2009, 08:26 PM

I hurt myself as a form of punishment. If I think I make a fool of myself around other people, mess something up, hurt someone else's feelings, make someone mad, the list goes on, I do something painful because I feel I need to be punished. Sometimes it's just pinching myself for a while, other times I've punched myself to the point of bruising, stabbed myself with a key, or actually full out cut myself.

ecotec83 · 11-06-2009, 08:37 PM

Lets see, i've smacked the side of my head for doing something stupid, punched my thighs a few times. Sometimes i will bite my lip or bite canker sores just to feel the pain, not sure why but in the last 2 cases i kind of enjoy the pain

supersoshychick · 11-06-2009, 08:44 PM

I use to cut about two months ago, but something idk told me to stop because I wasn't getting anywhere with it. If you are self harming it's best to stop, even though it feels good to some extent

hopena · 11-06-2009, 09:13 PM

Not intentionally, although I've felt suicidal, and been close to going through with it.

yogonu · 11-06-2009, 09:40 PM

I cut myself, I've got so many terrible scars, but, I am addicted to the pain and I can't stop, But apart of me doesn't want to stop.

jonny87 · 11-06-2009, 10:13 PM

Not directly, but I used to start fights with people. I now realize that i had an unconscious goal of getting hurt. One guy stabbed me up pretty badly and i had to go to the hospital for a while. It felt great though I wasn't anxious for at least a week after I got out of the hostpital. Now i am at peace with myself and accept that in reality i am a sensitive good intentioned person. It's not our fault we have this problem, most if not all people would have it too if they had to go through what we went through.

etka · 11-06-2009, 11:02 PM

I don't but, have a friend who does this quite often.

11-05-2009, 08:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Moon Calf Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Age: 29 Posts: 117	Hurting Yourself Does anybody here ever deliberately hurt themselves?

11-05-2009, 09:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Your Crazy Status: 007 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: My Mind Gender: Male Posts: 300	I use to cut myself in the 11th grade. Then wrote a journal about it, then lost it at school, then someone found it, then they reported it, then I got institutionalized. And you know what? I functioned better when I was in that place than I did in the real world. Good times... __________________ "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger." - The Joker

11-06-2009, 06:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Logan X Status: I'm dead inside Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LaSalle, QC Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 5,274	I used to. __________________ It ain't the fall that gets you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom.

11-06-2009, 10:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,594	I used to, I still think about it when I'm at my most depressed. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

11-06-2009, 11:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,082	I have on five or six occasions. I didn't really feel any "urge" or compulsion to do it, nor do I now, I simply felt I deserved to be in pain. __________________ Basically, I'm complicated I have a hard time taking the easy way I wouldn't call it schizophrenia But I'll be at least two people today

11-06-2009, 01:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Oneiros Status: Temporarily Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 87	I used to beat my head around when overwhelmed with anxiety and tension. But thankfully I've stopped now, not getting anywhere near that level of anxiety... meds cut it off pretty quickly when I see it coming. Plus there's a few suicide attempts, but that's another story.

11-06-2009, 11:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
kidfortoday Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Gender: Female Age: 16 Posts: 16	I used to cut myself and now I've got really ugly scars all over, I regret it but I still get the urge to do it again every now and then.

11-06-2009, 11:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Meli24R Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 198	I sometimes cut or scratched my arms in my early teens. I've done it maybe 5 times in the past 7 years. I have to be either extremely angry or in complete despair to do it.

11-06-2009, 05:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
QuakerOats167 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 76	I used to do it a lot more and luckily don't have too much like permanent scarring. I've been getting the urge to do it a little bit lately, but only have actually done it once in the past few months. I use rubber bands and snap them on my wrists whenever I start thinking about it. It's a good way to slowly come off of it. It still feels good but it's way better than cutting.

11-06-2009, 05:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
brokensaint Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Halifax, NS Gender: Male Posts: 202	I use to cut. An ambulance had to be called once, another time both my arms were covered in blood after I cut myself over eighty times. Once I was so angry that blood started gushing from my nose. I guess I hurt myself from being so angry?

11-06-2009, 06:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
ShyViolet Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 1,942	Once or twice I rammed my head into a wall. I used to beat my thighs with a hairbrush, pinch myself, lie in bed at night crying and smacking my arms, legs, and face. I haven't done any of these things in a long time.

11-06-2009, 07:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
nothing to fear Status: silence is sexy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 4,840	yes, i've done it off and on for eight years now. it has been about a month since i've last done it but it still crosses my mind in some ways almost every day. overall it's much better than it used to be. __________________ everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt. ~ i really like music. and photography, though i'm nothing special.

11-06-2009, 07:29 PM	#13 (permalink)
lissa530 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: IL Gender: Female Age: 27 Posts: 26	I ues to brun myself at my lowest point (. I have not self harmed in a few months .

11-06-2009, 08:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
mollypop Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 9	I hurt myself as a form of punishment. If I think I make a fool of myself around other people, mess something up, hurt someone else's feelings, make someone mad, the list goes on, I do something painful because I feel I need to be punished. Sometimes it's just pinching myself for a while, other times I've punched myself to the point of bruising, stabbed myself with a key, or actually full out cut myself.

11-06-2009, 08:37 PM	#15 (permalink)
ecotec83 Status: Ascending from the dark Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Belleville, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 26 Posts: 367	Lets see, i've smacked the side of my head for doing something stupid, punched my thighs a few times. Sometimes i will bite my lip or bite canker sores just to feel the pain, not sure why but in the last 2 cases i kind of enjoy the pain __________________ ~Our greatest battles are those with our own mind.~

11-06-2009, 08:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
supersoshychick Status: supersoshychick Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Paranoia Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 202	I use to cut about two months ago, but something idk told me to stop because I wasn't getting anywhere with it. If you are self harming it's best to stop, even though it feels good to some extent __________________ Blog about social anxiety, doraphobia, depression, and rants about my personal life http://www.supersoshychick.blogspot.com My dream log http://dreaminguponreality.blogspot.com/

11-06-2009, 09:13 PM	#17 (permalink)
hopena Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ohio Gender: Female Posts: 199	Not intentionally, although I've felt suicidal, and been close to going through with it.

11-06-2009, 09:40 PM	#18 (permalink)
yogonu Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wyoming Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 122	I cut myself, I've got so many terrible scars, but, I am addicted to the pain and I can't stop, But apart of me doesn't want to stop. __________________ I don't fear rejection, I expect it.

11-06-2009, 10:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
jonny87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Gender: Male Posts: 11	Not directly, but I used to start fights with people. I now realize that i had an unconscious goal of getting hurt. One guy stabbed me up pretty badly and i had to go to the hospital for a while. It felt great though I wasn't anxious for at least a week after I got out of the hostpital. Now i am at peace with myself and accept that in reality i am a sensitive good intentioned person. It's not our fault we have this problem, most if not all people would have it too if they had to go through what we went through.

11-06-2009, 11:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
etka Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 22	I don't but, have a friend who does this quite often.