Am I the only one who does this...?
 

Whenever I see people I immediately look at their arms to see if they have cuts there, but when I see their clean arms I feel very ashamed...

Even when I look at pictures of people in magazines, ect I always scan their arms...

Am I the only one who does this...? Sorry if this is a silly question...

Sometimes I do. Not on a regular basis. I guess it's because I want to relate with somebody or reach out to them in some way.

Hope that helps.

I don't do it to magazines, but I do it to people I meet sometimes.

have you read the Cutting warning label, it's in there.. a lot of us do it, even if it's subconscious

I look at people's arms all the time.

I always do that, though not in mags.

yeah im like that will look at everyones arms even people i know and see all the time i will always look and feel horribly ashamed about myself...

yes, I look at other people's arms sometimes and everytime I see someone wearing shirts with long sleeves when the weather is hot I keep thinking if they are hiding scars (old and new ones) and when I am in the pharmacy and see someone buying bandages, alcohol and anything used to clean wounds I think if they SI too.

I don't feel quite ashamed, it's just to see if I find someone that does it too so I won't feel so alone and feeling like I am crazy and a messed up freaky

I do it quite often

I do it too. I don't feel any emotion though when they don't have scars. Though when peoples forearms are exposed/positioned really obviously I tend to get urges to cut them myself, which is rather unnerving (just to be clear I never would)

Yep. I do it all the time.
And if anyone has a cut or scratch I automatically think it's SH when I'm sure 99% of the time it's not

I do it all the time and I know it's weird but when I see people with Long sleeves on I get frustrated because I can't see their arms so I feel I might be missing out on a chance to speak to someone with the same problem

I do it.

I do this as well x

I do it all the time

i do it, part of me always hopes

I do this too :/

All the time. And working in a grocery store I see a lot of people come through. Keeps me occupied there.

But yeah, anybody that I see, even just in passing, I'm glancing at them.

yeah i do but i think its similar to my tendency to try and find out if any women i meet are gay. It's because I'm looking for people who have something in common with me - makes sense in my head!

I always look at the place where i SH on other people. I sort of get jealous when i see that there arms are all nice and cut free. It makes me feel really lonely, and i've only ever seen someones SH marks once cause most people hide it. I guess it was in a way comforting.