General Medical Question - Urgent - Painless?

[Kallisti]

I've been going to work on *area removed -- PM me if you want it*, where there are already a number of scars. I've been making fairly deep cuts (at least for me), up to about 5mm deep. But although there's some bleeding, there's literally no pain.

It's really confusing and a little scary, and I was wondering if that's an area without a lot of nerves, or if scarred areas are nerveless or something, or if I've got something wrong with me.

[Aidee]

If you have cut that deep and are not feeling any pain then you need to be seen by a doctor. It's possible that you have caused nerve damage and it needs to be evaluated by a doctor. A cut that deep will generally also need stitches and t hat has to be done within 12 hours of the origional wound.

[UnanimousAnonymous]

when i went through a stage of self harming alot, i didnt feel any pain no matter how deep or superficial my cuts were because i had gotten used to the pain (i dont know if that makes sense)
but i would listen to Aidy and go get checked out just in case .x.

[Kallisti]

I was thinking about it and researching, and it seems that it was a moderately deep cut (not severly deep, although certainly not superficial).

It was too late for stiches even by the time I posted the first message. One problem in the US is that healthcare isn't even remotely free. Every stitch, every visit, costs way too much (at least as far as I know). There's no NHS here. (My problem with the "American Dream" is that it doesn't give any sympathy to the poor, and way too much to the rich).

I don't really think it needs stitches though, anyway.

Also, I think that part of the reason I didn't feel anything was because of the same reason as AnotherPlaceToFall -- because of overstimulation -- and partially because it's a pretty scarred area, and scar tissue isn't (I think) as sensitive.

Thank you all for your help!