Hospital help: i am scratching my thigh with sissors or a pin or something, kinda like cutting myself, but not bleeding just making sratches. - Help.com

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do the scratches go away?

kinda, after a while they fade yea

Do you know why you are doing this?

so there not like scars right? and your not bleeding, so i dont relle think that theyd keep you there. uless they thought that there was relle somthing wrong with you.
why are you doing it?

no scars. no bleeding.
i have depression and anxiety, i am seeing a psychologist once a week, but recently…when my parents fight and stuff, i get so upset and think about hurting myself, and then i do

This is something you need to talk about with your psycologist, hurting yourself hurts the people that love you to

i know it hurts them, thats why i didnt tell them about it.
last time, i guess like two weeks ago, i did the same thing and told my psycologist about it…and we talked about it which is good i guess.
im just worried if i tell my parents, then they will take me to the hospital, and i wont be able to leave

i dont tihnk that id tell my parent, but you could if you wanted to. usally being in the hospetial fer self injury isnt somthing good to have foloowing you around, yaknow?
ask your psycologist what woud happen, id bet that he/she would know

well, do you want to stop doing this? This is something you are doing in response to stress. Think about other ways to release the stress you are feeling. You may want to take a walk, or another great comfort is a pet, do you have one?

Your psychologist would hospitalize you if he/she thought it was necessary.

yea i guess i should ask him this week

yea i do want to stop, i hate feeling like this. no my parents refuse a dog or anything, even though i would love one

Well you are loved, so you will need to take the necessary steps to protect yourself from yourself. People want what is best for you, as I am sure your family does as well. Do speak to your psycologist soon.

Thank you, i appreciate it. I will.

please let us know how you are doing soon

will do

hey. i do this too. i get a pin and scratch myself on my belly when i’m feeling upset. i always hate myself afterwards as i feel like a coward, like a failure, that i’m only making scratches and that i’m not making myself bleed. the marks fade away after a while. i’m not depressed and i don’t see a psychologist, like you though, i don’t have any real problems. i’m just a snot-nosed school girl who needs to be reminded of her place in life. but my question is, do the scratches really count as self harm? at what level of hurting yourself does it become deemed as ’self mutilation’?