Fresh/healing cuts.

[Bath]

I'm curious, cause I never heard anybody else doing this before.
After I cut, about a day or so after, I like feeling the cuts healing. I like to run my fingers over them. It like, relaxes me. It started after the first night I had cuts all the way down my arm.. I fell asleep with relief just feeling over and over again the fresh lines in rows from my wrist to my elbow.

It sounds so horrible now that I wrote it out, I mean I know it's horrible but it sounds so disgusting. But does this happen with anybody else?

[CyanideGoodnight]

Occasionally yeah, but especially so if it's a really long cut.

I do it more with scars though, I'll just stare at them and feel the skin over them and it'll somewhat relax me a bit.

[dontcare97]

Yes, I rubbed a lot of scabs off by feeling them healed. It is calming and part of the reason I cut. It is calming to touch them and know that they are there.

[Comatose]

The first several times I cut, doing that was like being in heaven for me. An orgasm on my wrist. Now days, it is where I do it and how deep I cut that comforts me.

[Love.Hate]

I do this a lot, i find it comforting :)

[Amaryllis]

I do this too. Don't worry, it's not disgusting. But mostly what comforts me is the look of scars. It just makes me feel all better and "in control" for some reason

[bambino]

I used to do this.
Now I am appalled that I used to do it, because it is strange behaviour. But to a regular self-harmer it seems natural.
At the time..I guess like Faithandtrust said it made me feel in control to know I had been 'punished' enough for the day.

[xDarkAngelx]

No it's not disgusting. To be honest I can't say that I do that. The calming part is seeing the blood for me.

[Bath]

I guess the disgusting part is the deeper the cut, the better I feel when I feel it. Like, that's an opening in my skin. That's beautiful. I really don't know how to say it.

At least I'm not the only one.

[ShadowGirl]

I do it too. It's also calming for me to examine all my cuts

[dontcare97]

Deeper cuts do get more..gross? It's still feels good thou.

[bobby1273]

yeah i feel cuts and scars and always end up looking at them, though i don't find it disgusting.

[LittlePaperStars]

Don't worry, I do it too. It doesn't make you disgusting.

[xktx]

i like the healed cuts/scars they calm me down, and i hate it when they fade, so I wouldnt worry about it, from what I know. Its normal. x

[Twistember]

I have an anxiety disorder called dermatillomania. I do this all the time, so to me it's normal.

[XxXRaindrop]

I do this too, it calmes me. Well, sometimes I start crying then, but after that it always calms me, lol.