Originally Posted by
BoundNoMore
I scratch my skin to the point of almost bleeding, and pick at scabs so they never heal and sometimes bleed again... and I burn occasionally when I'm in a really bad place. I rationalize all this with "well at least it's not cutting. It's not so bad. My therapist said said no cutting..." when we made the contact but I know in my heart he means no self injury. He doesn't know I do the other things though...
Yeah, similar situation here. I'm a month free (yay, me! :) ), but I would scratch my arms a lot. I was telling myself the same thing "it's not cutting, so it's not so bad," but it is SI, same as everything else. And like everyone is saying, just because the action doesn't
seem so serious, the feelings behind it are exactly the same, and it can get worse.
I also obsessively pick at my scabs. They've lasted for some time before, but once people start noticing, like my mom saying "oh, do you think should put cream on that?" then I usually try to stop for a while and let it heal.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one like this. I keep feeling out of place here sometimes, because it sometimes feels like there are people here who have it worse and I shouldn't be this way and don't belong and yeah...
Anyway, I'm thinking of all you lovely people and sending happy thoughts your way! :)