Where do you cut?

[love is louder]

im asking because when i was about 8-9 i used to cut my legs. then when i was 14-15 i tried my wrists then my upper arm and then my stomach.
now i am confined to the bottoms of my legs and my feet but i dont feel the same feelings that i do on my wrist or arms.
im dying to do it on my wrist again but i cant because of work!
and now when i do it other places i have to do it more cause i really want to do it somewhere else. Arrrgh

does the same thing happen to anyone else?

[Magenta]

I cut my wrists, upper and lower arms, thighs, sides, ankles and the bottom of my feet or fingers on occasion.

When I started I said I'd only cut where it could be hidden under my watch. Obviously that's not true. I feel guilty some days. Recently, the feeling only comes from the inside of my arms but I used to attack my thighs. It all depends, I guess.

[Noooooooooo]

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[love is louder]

its just so fustrating!

[Syvelocin]

I started on my arms. I got smart about it though and moved to my legs, easier to hide. I've done it pretty much everywhere that is in reach except for my stomach, that always freaked me out. Thighs, calves, arms, wrists, hands, a couple carvings on my shoulders. But I know what you mean, there's nothing like cutting my arms for me. It never had the same feeling anywhere else.

[love is louder]

But I know what you mean, there's nothing like cutting my arms for me. It never had the same feeling anywhere else.
Do you know why that is. im having a pretty hard time trying to figure it out :(?

[AppealToReason]

Left arm because it's easier to use my right arm to cut.
I also always wear jackets, so no need to worry about being exposed...

[MadManWithaBox]

Arms for me as well, wrists. I agree with Rith, I tried my thigh, upper arms, shoulders, none of it the same feeling as the wrists. Thats why my arms are mostly purple/red scars with bits of white inbetween.

[xgeekyrocksx]

i started on my arms, then moved on to my hips and just cut on my hips and legs for so long. But then i cut on top of scars, and on top of them and moved on to my arm again. which is why i got caught. so now i try and make it look as accidental as possible.

[Lost n not yet found]

I do my arms and wrist at the moment im tryin to stop tho :S i really am this time strugglin thoo :(

[Ambrosia]

When I first started I only did the tops of my arms. Now I usually cut my upper legs, on both, where they can be hidden beneath bathing suit shorts and regular shorts. Because of work I can't cut my wrists too often but nothing gives me that same feeling that cutting my wrist and arm does. I only ever cut my left arm and it's usually close to the crick of my elbow so I can easily bend my arm and hide them.

[Love.Hate]

I started on my wrist, moved up my arm.
Ran out of space, So i moved onto my upper thighs, still ran out of space.
So now i tend to just do it on my thighs as its the easiest to hide, occasionally on my arm.. have tried on shoulder. But im not doing it on my arms anymore its too obvious!

[FullyAlive]

I started with my arms, then I included my wrist.
Now I do pretty much anywhere usually legs, thighs, ankles, hips, stomach, arms and wrists.
But like others I always prefer to do my arms or my wrist, it's harder to hide, but feels better :/ that's always where I want to immediately cut when I feel triggered it depends how strong I am as to whether I actually do that or use somewhere less obvious.

[RAWWR]

I've done pretty much everywhere, but generally cuts go on my arms, but if I carve words it will be my thighs.

[georgiamay]

I started on my arms, but then when my parents and some other people found out I moved it to my upper thighs and hips, and occasionally on my stomach.
I get what you mean, my arms and wrists were always... better. I don't know how else to put it, I can't think of the appropriate word. So when I'm really desperate, and I don't have time to think about where I'm going to do it, I do it on my arms, it's quite impulsive. Plus they're easier to get to. But I'm not having a complete mental breakdown, I tend to do it on my upper thighs or hips.

[love is louder]

I started on my arms, but then when my parents and some other people found out I moved it to my upper thighs and hips, and occasionally on my stomach.
I get what you mean, my arms and wrists were always... better. I don't know how else to put it, I can't think of the appropriate word. So when I'm really desperate, and I don't have time to think about where I'm going to do it, I do it on my arms, it's quite impulsive. Plus they're easier to get to. But I'm not having a complete mental breakdown, I tend to do it on my upper thighs or hips.

this is pretty much exactly my story.
if im really distressed i go straight to my right wrist.
and there usually the worst cuts
its not as if i can even say its a rabbit scratch or something
i really want to say to everyone "looka iv done it, it was months ago, get over it" and then not have to worry about people looking but i cant. its so fustrating expecially when im at work because they dont know me yet. not that anyone else really does. except you guys

[UnknownError]

If I'm just scratching then arms, but if I'm actually cutting then shoulders, thighs and and occasionally my hands because they're easy to make excuses and easy to cut in public.

[Fiction]

My main two places is my left arm/wrist and my thighs, although I have done it on the rest of my legs, my ankles, my hip and my stomach before.

[love is louder]

My main two places is my left arm/wrist and my thighs, although I have done it on the rest of my legs, my ankles, my hip and my stomach before.

do they all give you the same feeling?

[The Dudeh]

I tend to scratch and cut on my left arm - almost wrist I suppose. Sometimes I have gone on my legs/stomach but like a lot of other people it's just not the same. I don't know why, but cutting on my arm just feels a hell of a lot better.

[Fiction]

do they all give you the same feeling?

I prefer my arms no doubt.

[1_21Guns]

I prefer my arms no doubt.

this. however I've made quite a mess of my thighs, which isn't fading away...

[saraxsaraxlove]

im asking because when i was about 8-9 i used to cut my legs. then when i was 14-15 i tried my wrists then my upper arm and then my stomach.
now i am confined to the bottoms of my legs and my feet but i dont feel the same feelings that i do on my wrist or arms.
im dying to do it on my wrist again but i cant because of work!
and now when i do it other places i have to do it more cause i really want to do it somewhere else. Arrrgh

does the same thing happen to anyone else?

When I first started, I did it on my hands so my mom wouldn't find out. Then I moved to my inner arm.. Now, I do it on my hand or my shin, so I can hide it, but it doesn't feel right doing it anywhere but my wrists.

[Alexithymia]

Arms, thighs, stomach.

[Happz]

Left arm and my calves, though a prefer my calves =P

[adudewhodoesdudes]

I have kept it contained to my left wrist. I will never go to my right wrist because my left hand is fairly bad at doing this and I use my right hand all the time so I don't want to have to hide it.

[HeroesAndCons]

I do it on my arms wrists and i also do my thighs and hips

[TRexbait]

Started on my forearms, but people would see them; moved to my shoulders and back, but people saw those during PE; finally moved to my upper thigh... its so fleshy that I don't feel anything, it just bleeds more, causing more trouble. There's really no "safe" place to cut

[Syvelocin]

Do you know why that is. im having a pretty hard time trying to figure it out :(?

My theory is that it's a ritualistic thing. That, or maybe the reaction time of pain from different nerves on your body. That one is just a guess. The arms is a very common one for people, where they cut or at least prefer to cut. Most start on the arms as well.

A lot of self-harmers have self-harm rituals. For me, it was running up to my room in tears, putting on some loud music, that rebellious, angsty teen soundtrack I could come up with. Some alt rock, druggie rock, industrial rock, goth/darkwave. Then I'd sit in my pyjamas on my bed, remove the razor from the cartridge, do the deed on my arm, photograph it, then stop the bleeding and wear arm warmers for a week straight to hide the evidence. And it went like that every time. There's comfort in ritual.

[love is louder]

My theory is that it's a ritualistic thing. That, or maybe the reaction time of pain from different nerves on your body. That one is just a guess. The arms is a very common one for people, where they cut or at least prefer to cut. Most start on the arms as well.

iv heard a lot of people have one but i dont except from the do it and clean it up but it is usually just before bed or i cant sleep.
depends why im doing it i guess
so i guess its more normal to have some kind of ritual