Cutting to keep people away?

[PrincessInPieces]

Lately I've been cutting really deeply in places where people touch me.
Mostly on my shoulders. Right now I have six pretty deep/wide gashes on my left shoulder, two shallow-er ones on my right.
Friends and family touch my shoulders when they hug me. So...When someone goes to hug me, I have to flinch away because it hurts so bad.
Am I doing this to keep people from touching me? To keep myself from wanting to be physically close to people? Has this ever happened to anyone before?

I've also been chewing on safety pins. Not smart, I know. When I chew on them, the inside of my mouth and lips get cut up, so I can't kiss anyone.

[Massive-Molly]

I do things like that too... my boyfriend recently decided he adores my stomach and is constantly rubbing it and poking it and stuff.
I don't know if that's why I did it, but a few days ago I but up my stomach. some of my deepest cuts. pretty stupid of me, really, to cut so deep on my stomach.

I also cut on my knees because my counselor likes patting my knees when we have sessions.