Scratching

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Does any one else scratch their skin hard enough to leave a mark but not hard enough to draw blood.

[Tristin.]

i do that alot, sometimes i draw blood. i dunno why, it just helps, i do it when i get stressed, nervous or really scared

[FullyAlive]

Only when I can't find something to cut with, but if you're asking if that is still self harm, it is.

[Love.Hate]

Yeah,
But only when im really desparate and cant find anything to cut with :/

[georgiamay]

yeah I used to do this quite a lot before I started cutting. It's still self harm though.

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

Only when I can't find something to cut with, but if you're asking if that is still self harm, it is.
I know it's self harm i just want to know i'm not the only one that doesn't draw blood but still gets relief.

[RAWWR]

Yeah,
But only when im really desparate and cant find anything to cut with :/
This. :cool:

[Fiction]

The same as other people said, when I can't find anything to cut with but get desperate i'll do it.
Two things bring releif for me in self harm, blood and pain. SO scratching brings a mild form of pain so a bit of releif.

[FullyAlive]

I know it's self harm i just want to know i'm not the only one that doesn't draw blood but still gets relief.

Well then I'm sure you are, as I said when I can't cut I scratch and I do get some sort of relief from it even if it's not exactly what I'd like to do :/

[Magenta]

Yeah, that's what I did for a couple years. Be careful though. Even if it doesn't bleed at first, if you pull off the scabs, it will. Just a warning. D:

[Njathind]

Yup, I used to do this aswell. Only when there wasnt anything to cut with.

[Charleigh]

The same as other people said, when I can't find anything to cut with but get desperate i'll do it.
Two things bring releif for me in self harm, blood and pain. SO scratching brings a mild form of pain so a bit of releif.

What Kathy said :)

[Mike321]

I used to do this quite alot, but I only do it occasionaly now, like the others have said, mainly if I cant find anything else to cut with

[enjoying_my_insanity]

i used to do this a lot like almost daily before i started cutting now i rarely do it...

[StandUpAndScream]

Yes i do, its how my self harm started, i still do it only if i can't find anything to cut with though.

[The Dudeh]

Yep I mostly do. Usually when I can't use anything that could actually cut me with. But it brings relief, so it's good in a way.

[UnknownError]

Yes. :/

[Ambrosia]

I did that before I started cutting. I would dig my nails into my skin and rake them. Then I moved onto scratching with needles and paperclips and...so on. It's a bad started habit! You should stop while you're ahead =/

[TheSleepingInsomniac]

It's a bad started habit! You should stop while you're ahead =/

I can't, i'm trying but i can't

[HeroesAndCons]

When i cant find sharp objects

[LeRock]

Yeah, this is all I do... I have no urge to try actual cutting or anything because I just feel this way I can do more without causing any damage like scars. Kind of selfish I suppose though in a twisted kind of way.

[jamieallover]

Does any one else scratch their skin hard enough to leave a mark but not hard enough to draw blood.
I completely understand what your saying. Whenever I get extremely stressed out, I legit scatch until I can't scratch anymore. I have never ever used a knife, I have no desire too. It's almost as if the scratching is enough.

[Quahog]

I would use to. But its hard to do it vigorously, without blood coming out.

[PaintingFlowers_]

That's exactly what I did at first, scratch but not to the point of bleeding. Sometimes I scratched hard enough wishing for blood. But now I've started to use sharper things and make myself bleed. Please, don't do it.