Thread: Triggering (SH): Picking at my skin
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Picking at my skin - August 28th 2021, 08:34 AM

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I read the post about what can be considered self harm and I guess this is kind of like scab picking, because I never let it heal. Every day I have a routine of picking at my skin on my chest and back until it bleeds. I’ve got a lot of scars from it, but I don’t do it to cause myself pain or anything. I just do it because once I started I can’t stop. After I do it I look at myself and feel disgusted but I still do it again the next day.

If I’m not doing it with the particular intention of causing myself pain is it still self harm?