What tools do people use to inflict self-harm?!


Question: Knives, box cutters, rope, etc? I am doing a psychology survey.


Answers: Knives, box cutters, rope, etc? I am doing a psychology survey.

The primary tool is the mistaken idea that hurting yourself can make ANYTHING better.

They will use anything. Habitual cutters use razors.

ive been using my teeth sence the age of 9 dont ask me why

I knew a guy who repeatedly hurt himself using a duck..... it was a sorry sight.

a toothbrush, to be honest. I was depressed and pretended I was having an intercourse.

food, alchohol, drugs (legal & illegal) knives, guns, razors, teeth, finger nails, safety pins, pencils, sometimes they will pick fights with other people on purpose... really anything you can think of a person who has low selfesteem and feels a low self worth can find a way to make use it to make themselves 'suffer' in order to feel better.

Forks,Pens,Pencils,razor blades. Anything sharp. I have know a few people who have used their keys to crave into their skin. It really does not matter to a "cutter" what type of blade they use. I used shaving blade. When I would have panic attacks or just left like I needed to cut I would use whatever I could get my hands on.

Of the few friends that i have that do hurt themselves like that, most of them use razors or knives. This one girl I know uses a lighter and burns herself.

I have used razor blades, boiling water/coffee, sand paper, nails, glass. I have also used fags to burn myself, in the early days Blades, then at the middle of my self injury it was boiling water and sand paper and at it's height I used Ciggs. I am glad to say, it's been 2months without hurting myself. The scars are horrific. The 2 most common ways were blades and fags, but as you can see, I went through different techniques that had their own purpose.

Anything. I was in the ER and felt really impulsive. I needed to hurt myself. Since I was on suicide watch, everyone thought it'd be difficult to do anything (this is the point at least). I went into the bathroom and start slamming myself against the wall. I didn't do it for very long as I was promptly wisked back into my room.
Another time, I was in school. I was desperate to hurt myself because I was stressed out from a test. Used a paper clip. Also have went into bathrooms and used the underside of the paper towel dispenser (where you tear it off, and it's sharp).

My normal choice is razor blades (they're a certain brand). I can get them out of the disposable razor in under 30 seconds now, that's how much I've come to use them. I used to use scissors, but found they were ineffective.

Razor Blades, Knives, X-acto Knives, Fingernails, Teeth, Staples, Safety Pins (I once stuck one through my belly button), Fork and Candle (heat the fork in the candle, then burn), Walls (for punching and banging my head), Fingernail Clippers, Scissors, Bracelet (which, incidentally, I wear to help remind me not to hurt myself), and much more probably...

anything remotely sharp. if you scratch at your skin long enough (which isnt long) with your nails, then you get a large shallow cut where you've been scratching, but blades are pretty common, razor blades, scissor blades (not v effective), and the blades from pencil sharpeners which are really easy to take out of the frame, knives, etc.





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