Rubber Band Self Harm Scars

It makes me want to cut more.

Rubber band self harm scars. I wish i wasn t like this. I actually get frustrated that the rubber band won t leave lasting scars. Alternatives to self harm snap a rubber band around your wrist. I used to cut i stopped for a few months but had to start self harming again.

Draw on yourself with sharpie draw pretend wounds where you want to cut. I know that snapping a rubber band on ur wrist is a good way to help you out of self harm if you do it not too hard but that s not the case for me. Alice in the past i have self mutilated and recently there has been a lot of added stress to my life. You didn t even go that deep that s what i keep thinking to myself.

Does a rubber band on wrist count as self harm. In that case i get even angrier at myself amp. Find a thick rubber band and put it around your wrist. Obviously you didn t self harm or you weren t a real self harmer.

Am an asshole who once thought self harm is being selfish and unnecessary to do got to the point where i would self harm my self and finally understood. It s a physiological thing. When you feel the need to cut snap the rubber band until the urge subsides. So did my school counsellor in year 12.

So far i m doing well only 1 cut in the past 14 or so days. The social worker who went through the dbt handout with me suggested the rubber band method too. I do this probably 5 times on each wrist multiple times a day. If you re in the same position don t be scared to reach out to.

I was just curious are there any downsides to this method as an example i have been doing this for a week now and i have gotten a bruise on my hand it probably isn t from me snapping the rubber band but. Besides finding distraction techniques alternatives such as these rather condescending both these methods still use pain to deal with overwhelming feelings or whatever other reason people self harm. I pull the band back so far to the point where it almost breaks and i snap it againt my wrist. Self harm also known as self injury is defined as the intentional direct injuring of body tissue done without the intent to commit suicide.

I ve heard about wearing a rubber band on your wrist as an alternative. The most common form of self harm is using a sharp object to cut one s skin. Other terms such as cutting and self mutilation have been used for any self harming behavior regardless of suicidal intent. For me it s a quick fix.

One day at school me and my friend thought that it was a good idea to draw self harm scars on our wrist. It s like if i lose my scars then what proof do i have that it ever really happened.