Wrists? Arms? Legs? Stomach? Or....

[OneTruLove4ever]

We all know a majority of people who SI typically perform the act on their arm, moving to other places when they run out of room or get caught to often but what I wanna know is where do most people start after that... Upper arm, thighs, stomach or somewhere else? What about when you first started, can you remember where you hurt yourself? What form?


Personally when I started it was my lower arm & moved to the upper arm, then my stomach & finally where it has remained, my thighs, on occassion it is my wrist but I get caught to often now adays for that.My forms bounce around, mostly cutting but sometimes it's burning, stabbing, scratching... I've done other forms but going into that seems to drag up a whole other topic or debate.

[juunkhead]

i began SI about three years ago, it started with hitting to the point of bruising. cutting followed soon after.
i've never cut my arms actually. mostly my thighs, hands, ankles, hips, pubic area, beneath my breasts even. where ever i do cut, there's usually some relevance to what thoughts have caused me to do so. x

[FatKat]

Only ever did it on the thighs, the easiest spot to hide, but keep in mind it's impossible to hide any place from a significant other!
I just got busted by my boyfriend over my legs, sigh..

[Massive-Molly]

I started on my upper arms, then moved down to my lower arms. I rarely do on my wrist, but when I do, it's usually reall deep. :/
When I run out of room on my arms, I move down to my thighs and stomach.
Once, I got carried away and cut on my shin, which I never do because that's not easy to hide in summer. It was really deep too, so even though it was 2 years ago, it's still really visible.

I mostly cut but sometimes I burn. I usually burn on my wrists, the top of my hands (easy to excuse because I bake a lot) or my thighs.

[gmacarroll]

I started when I was in grade 10 (so about 15-16). My girlfriend (i'm bi) had been cheating on me for sometime (with my best friend, they'd grab each other in front of me etc...I was so depressed/insecure that I never left her) and one day I just broke down and had this massive panic attack. I came home from school (after my girlfriend detailed how she had just made out with my best friend, and she was "sorry it happened again) and just felt so worthless...what was wrong with me? wasn't I good enough to be the only one she wanted? I started to scratch myself because I was freaking out so much, not sure when it happened, but i realized I felt so much better after I hurt myself. I went downstairs, grabbed a steak knife and cut my arms. After that I tried a bunch of different "cutting implements" and would sometimes rub things in them (like lemon juice, alcohol etc..) to make it hurt more. I finally settled on razor blades...the act of taking the razors apart made me feel good, and the cutting just made it so much better. I cut pretty deep with the razors (severed nerves) and ended up "stopping" (I still cut, but way less deep and way less often. they are really more like scratches now). I've also hit myself until I bruise. I usually cut my legs now, but like i said before, I used to cut my arms (easily hidden, I always worse over-sized sweaters. now I wear regular clothes and people will see if I cut my arms so i just cut my legs now).

[FrailAngel]

I started on my wrist then I went to my hip, then my ankles, then my pubic part, and I just started cutting my legs.

[Ugly Duckling]

I started with wrists and for the same reason (got caught too much) Moved to upper arms then finally moved to my legs and thighs!!!
But weirdly i like it more when i'm cutting on my wrists??? Does that sound weird????
I stick to cutting but sometimes i burn myself
xx

[~butterfly~]

first cut was on the right upper arm, adn then I went to lower left arm and wrist. got caught. And now I do it on the hip and ribs. I only like to really cut where i like. Or at least thats when it only really has an affect on

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meBut weirdly i like it more when i'm cutting on my wrists??? Does that sound weird????
I stick to cutting but sometimes i burn myself

Yep, thats how it is with me. I like my wrists most. Oh, and I forgot to add ankles and collar bone for where I cut as well. I like colar bone an ankles a lot...

[Vision Thing]

First: wrists
Then: thights
Third: feet
Fourth: inside upper arms
Now: hopefully stopped

[SarahXu]

Right forearm; I'm left handed and I've never been able to control a blade well with my right hand. I'm ana, so it's always about impeccable control, and I abhor jagged lines- even my SI-ing must be perfect. Twisted, much? Yeah. I've got as many as 35 scars on my arm. I don't go shallow, except in the very beginning. Almost every wound in there is deep enough for stitching though I usually just taped it up. It's hell to keep it covered, and I've given up trying. I think people keep their distance, automatically, once they see me.

I'm running out of space on my right arm, though, thinking of moving down to my calves but... I run a lot, so I'm not sure if that's the best idea.

[Lilliah]

I started with my thighs, actually. And then moved onto hips and arms...

[OneTruLove4ever]

I started with wrists and for the same reason (got caught too much) Moved to upper arms then finally moved to my legs and thighs!!!
But weirdly i like it more when i'm cutting on my wrists??? Does that sound weird????
I stick to cutting but sometimes i burn myself
xx


I don't think that sounds weird either, I also prefer the wrists. I don't why.

[Formonitrile]

Ugly Duckling, I'm the same except it's my left forearm. I started on my thigh and have cut my upper arm, stomach, and hips, but it's just not the same, not as satisfying, as my forearm. Wonder why.

[somethingtolookat]

i used to cut but stopped awhile ago after i started getting help and hated dissapointing my family..i used to cut my palms my forearms with sewing needles was a very stupid place..then it was my right leg and i stuck to that leg because no-one could see so most of the scars are quite faded but the ones on my leg because they were pretty bad...i had stopped for nearly a year but then recently i was so angry and upset and sort of missed the comfort i got from it and did it just once 2 remember what it was like..havent done it since though :)

[tracy cutter]

i too like cutting on my arms especially the wrist. its something beautiful to look at.

[amazon2]

I've used a variety of methods over my years of SI. I started with my right thigh then went to my left upper arm. Lately though I've been progressing depending on what I'm looking for. I now have places on my ankles, my left calf, my right hip/pelvic area, and both thighs. But aside from cutting I am a picker, I pick around my fingernails and and any scab I have and randomly at other "unblemished" places on my skin.

[Miss Jacinta]

I started out by scratching my back or digging my nails into my sides until I bruised, bleed or hurt like hell. Then I moved to my thighs when I started cutting, my scratching and digging my nails into flesh moved to cover my back, stomach, hips, chest and shoulders. Now I scratch my knees and wrist too. I've started just sitting holding a very sharp knife to my throat and thinking about cutting there, but I haven't yet.

Oh and for as long as I can remember I've beaten myself, rarely bruised, but sometimes I haven't been able to do things. For a while I also strained or pulled muscles 'accidentally' while at martial arts.

[x_Brutal-Beauty_x]

When I first started, it was always my arms. Until recently, i tried it on one of my shoulders and the back of my neck..

[demon]

I started on my arms as well. Since then I've used some form or another of SI almost everywhere, but these days, it's always my calves. On rare occasion, my thighs. That keeps it hidden from everyone, since I have no significant other.

[sadgirlsmiling]

I've been cutting for 13 years. I started by biting my tongue and cheeks and cutting on my feet and ankles where my mom wouldn't see. I cut mostly on the outside of my thigh. In early high school, I had a breakdown and cut all over my arms. Shortly before and during my last suicide attempt, I cut on my wrists. Those scars are basically gone. The scars on my thigh fade away and I replace them. Anyway, since they are where they are, I could even wear long shorts if I want to. But I haven't worn shorts in years, so that's a non-issue.

I totally understand how beautiful the wrists and forearms are. It's very feminine and satisfying. Not weird at all.

[Bertie]

Upper thigh, wrist (once, not good) and belly, all my scares have practically faded (just brown lines) except the ones on my thighs, they are still purpley, it's embrassing ><

[Jex]

I cut on my upper thigh, because I would never be caught DEAD in somthing that revealed that part (the fattest part) of my leg.
Even in the summer I wear baggy 'surfer shorts' with my bathing suit.
So I don't have to worry too much. :)
Plus, I have no... Significant other so it's not like anyone is gonna see me without pants. Ahah.

[Anyutka]

I like cutting my arm because then people could notice so I need to do something and suffer from trying to hide this.
I also cut my shoulders cause it`s more easy... not my stomach or thighs cause I have signs there from being over weight
and I don`t wanna be any more ugly.

[HollowedShame]

I used to carve on my arms and legs in highschool. Now I hit myself, mostly in the uterus for some reason. I wouldn't be surprised if there's cancer forming in there. I've NEVER heard of anyone else SIing in this way.

[reasonal]

Started about three or four years ago on my wrist. It mostly stayed on my upper forearms and on the top of my hands. Occassionally the stomach, chest, or upper arms, never my legs. My left arm is a mess. It's getting hard to hide since it's near summer time.

[sophiebuster]

Hip bone where you can cover it up with underwear. That way i can go to the beach, and wear a bikini. Plus during the day it rubs and its nice to feel the sting.

[JjGreene]

i started about two years ago. Firstly on my left arm, I remember the excuse i gave and everything, i lied from the start and still am. I said that i cut it on a fence (wtf) the things i say when i am under pressure. After a while though there were more questions and then having stitches (because i "fell on some glass"), so now i only cut on my stomach, and upper legs, ankles. But mostly my stomach(i never show it so there is less chance of people noticing). I toolike whoever said for a strange reason prefer my wrists, its strange it feels different, i dunno why.

[Tommy]

Started a while ago, I always do it on my legs or thighs, places know one can see.
I hate attention, and if I got caught in school then I'd get alot of it.

[HopeAndDreams]

Well 2 years ago i started hitting myself and scratching
But recently ive started to cut my thighs
Like yeasterday
Everything was going wrong
I just had a bad mark on an exam
People pissing me off
I was fed up with dissapoint failing everything
I Just got home from school
I ate something i felt guilty i tried to purge
It didnt work so
I grabbed a razor and cut both thighs
Hope the marks go down by tuesday because
I have PE and we have to all get changed in the same room
I already have enough crap at school i dont nned people calling me emo
Or crap When im not

[nathrakh]

My arms first. And i moved on to my face as the second. I just feel like crying, when i cut but i cannot cry because ppl would hear that. It just felt natural to cut in my face where the should tears flow. When the scars started seriously showing there, i stopped cutting for a while. Tho i just started again. But not as much as i used to. And i dont care people see i got scars. Its not like i will ever be loved in any ways. It doesnt matter what my skin looks like. Its like the paint on a crap car. The car will always be crap and no paint job will change that. And since im 22, nobody can stop me anyways. The few times ppl noticed, and said something about it. I just said, yes i cut myself, i find that fun. And that shuts them up.

[effie]

my left wrist, my whole arm, my feet and my thighs but i havent dnt it in a wile

[something-blue]

both my thighs. ive always pretty much stayed there but now its like one giant scar from the knee to the hip

[myloverlybones]

i cut on my right arm (because forearms are such an alluring spot to SI, don't really know why) i can't cut on my left because i have a fistula...look it up if you don't know what it is...sorry i'm really tired and pissy. only had 170 cals for the day and 4 hrs sleep or i would explain what it is and why...anyways...i usually cut on my right arm. sometimes my legs or hips. i don't like to burn, but if i have no other option i burn but only on my ankles for some reason...don't really know why.

[Elleundead]

I always cut on my right supper thigh. I'm too gross to go swimming, too gross to wear shorts, so nobody can ever see it. Occasionally I'll cut on my arms as well, but no more than 5 cuts and they're spread out randomly so it just looks like I tramped through a bush or something.

[Mishka]

*Just a warning that this is going to be a little descriptive and may trigger some.

I've had SI issues for over 10 years now.

It started on my wrists, and then I found out my father had surgical blades at home and that's when it really escalated. Longer and deeper they went, moving up my arm, then to my hips, ankles, feet and legs and back. Eventually I even started cutting into my neck. When that was no longer good enough, I started mutilating, essentially dissecting certain areas of my body, purposely cutting around major vessels and then toying with them after wards. I've also stabbed myself a few times. I have a vivid memory of one time stabbing myself in the calf and walking around with the blade still in- the tip of the sharp scalpel resting into the bone. Then each day for over a week I would reinsert a new blade and start the process all over again. I think that was one of the worst episodes I have ever had.

I was pretty good at hiding the cuts and separated them enough to where people didn't notice much.

Eventually the scaring literally disappeared visually to the eye, and I did recover for a period of time, but 3 years ago, I just couldn't resist anymore under the intense amounts of anxiety and stress I was under. Thankfully, aside from minor cuts that bleed a minimal amount, I only had one major episode.

Now I'm trying my best to refrain, but occasionally give into digging my nails into my skin or to razor blades.

[shadows]

Also kinda long, and maybe triggering but hopefully not. :/


I started cutting my arms when I was about 13 (12 years ago now). I only cut my lower arm twice with a dagger-type thing I had--once on the underside, at the very start, and once deeply along the top of my arm the day before I attempted suicide about a year after starting. That last cut is the only one from those years that left a permanent (though faint) scar, which is a fun reminder... heh. Most of the time I cut my outer thighs, as I didn't want to draw attention or deal with uncomfortable questions, and I didn't know anyone else who even did anything like that at the time. At some point I even started rubbing salt into the wounds just for the added sensation.

I stopped for a while after the suicide attempt but couldn't stop for good, and since then I've mostly just cut my upper arms just below the shoulders, which still allowed me to wear short sleeves, and sometimes the outer thighs. The past two years since having a 5-year relationship fall apart, being forced to move to a place I hate, and starting grad school have been incredibly hard for me, and it was worse than usual for a while. I started cutting deeper and lower, and although I've been religiously using scar cream stuff for the past 6-7 months, I still can't wear short sleeves in public right now. I've been doing so much better lately though since seeing a therapist regularly and taking medication, and it's very infrequent now, definitely a last resort when for a long time it used to be the first thing I'd turn to.

I don't really like to talk about cutting implements because I feel like it gives people ideas, but I have always been worried about cleanliness; when I realized it was getting worse again, I bought a new knife with replaceable rust-proof blades that I could swap out and dispose of after every use just to try to avoid infection or worse. There's no reason to risk more than is necessary; I can deal with cutting on occasion but I would rather not have to deal with something like tetanus too, you know?

Oddly, one of the methods I found that seemed like a healthier substitution was martial arts. While I was living with my former partner, I didn't want him to realize what was going on, so I started karate, and later moved on to aikido, then kendo. Martial arts injuries are very common, and especially with karate I'd often practice punches on rough material that would bloody my knuckles. It was a plausible way to explain injuries away, and the physical exercise and "acceptable" injuries were often satisfying when I needed to do something like that. It was also a good excuse to keep around and regularly use first aid stuff, heh.

[Liv_needs_loss]

I did it honestly everywhere.. it depended why I Was doing it..
Lower arm when I would just need to concentrate on the pain.
Wrist when I wanted to see the blood flow and much as possible or for punishment.
Stomach when I felt so fat I wanted to die,
Ankle just to bleed.
Thighs to dig deep with out fear and only for pain and punishment.
I've actually cut (not deep) the side of my face I felt like such shit..

[Liv_needs_loss]

Hay I started at 12-13 too.. >.< But I'm only 15

[EmptyCupOfHappiness]

At first I'd cut my arms, then I started cutting my stomach more. And now it's mainly my thighs.
Hope you guys can stop, I know it's an extreme struggle to not SI.

[Worthless&Unbeautiful]

Lately, I've been self harming on my thighs because after a hospital incident they kind of peek at my arms when I have my sleeves rolled up slightly. I know they do it.

[artificial-sweetener]

I began mostly on my arms. The inner left was easiest for me, since I'm right handed and cannot do anything with my left. I haven't cut on my arms for at least three years now (I use my thighs, shoulders, calves, etc.) because it's so difficult to hide them. But my arms are always my favorite. I look at them every time I go about cutting, and I wish with everything in my being that I could mar that beautiful white skin again.
But I know that would be too dangerous.

[panda0912]

i started on my wrists, then ankles, then hips, then thighs, then stomach, and now im back to thighs.

[littlebellalost]

Started on my left wrist, which grew to my left forearm. Then the under side of my upper arm on my left arm. Then chest then calf then hips then thighs then stomach. I even cut in obscure places that no one would really think of doing because one would assume they are way too obvious. I will not mention those because I don't want anyone else to do it. I am not proud of my SI or any of that. I hope anyone who reads this does not think to try it out. SI is bad.

[wtfmayo]

Mainly my thighs. Occasionally my arm.

[Pygmy]

Used to do the back side of my left wrist (if that makes sense) and my left hand (didn't even get caught then and it was covered!). I can't do anything on my arms anymore and moved to legs, but I have to get changed at school in PE and so am now further restricted to the side part of my hip which is covered by my knickers... Sorry if that's too much info! XD

[moon_light]

I started on my wrists, what, six years ago? (wowza) But then wearing the stupid wristband to cover up my cuts not only hurt too much, but it was super inconvenient.

Then I started to cut on my thumb (lol) as a quick release, but it got too consuming so I went to my thighs. Now that I have scars there I've resorted to hitting myself (ie throwing myself against walls, banging my forearm against a sharp edge). That seems to do the trick and the bruises go away.

[beautiful-exception]

i started lord knows how long ago, with burning a heart with matches on my hip, its barly noticable now.
i read winter girls forever ago and decided that carving "Hush Hush" on my other hip.
i only carve into it when im fasting and press way hard on it when i get tempted, or when i cant purge as punishment along with countless workouts.

[darkness*within*me]

hope this isn't too much...
I was a 'troubled' child. From a young age (around 7-8yrs old) I would find away to hurt myself. I started by digging into my skin but it wasnt enough so I cut my calves for a few months but was still not good enough. so I started on my thighs and they just got deeper and deeper. Then I took a rubber eraser and rubbed off two layers of skin on my arm(weird I know) I still have the scar from that an it takes up half of my forearm then I started carving 'hateful' words into my stomach(ie b*tch fat ugly useless waste etc) then I went back to my thighs but had to start changing in PE during school. One of the girls saw and reported it but only once I still do it mainly there but also sholders, hips, ankles, pretty much everywhere but I like thighs best...