Do you and how do you self harm?

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Yes I do self harm.
I cut/pinch/pull off my skin with my fingernails.
I also punch my hand/wrist.
I also bite the inside of my mouth.
I pull out my hair.
Sometimes I even lightly burn my fingers by touching them to a lamp.

I NEED HELP STOPPING
A teacher gave me a stressball to use, and it works great, but sometimes I forget. I even cut my fingernails so I'm not tempeted, but I sill pull out my hair, and bite.

HELP

I cut mainly but i also sometimes burn, scratch, hit myself, bang my head, bite myself and pull my hair. I cut on my arms but have run out of space from years of doing it, so recently had to move to my legs, which before now were reasonably unscarred (about 120 scars from two episodes)

I feel less alone now i know other people on here do this too...

'I've cut my self once with a razor (several small cuts on the back of my right wrist), once with a nail (several long scratches on back of right arm), and once with a pair of scissors (deep cut on left palm).

I've cut my arms, given myself a concussion by hitting my head on the floor, punched myself, scratched myself, tried to pull my hair out, i have scars on the insides of my cheeks from biting them (but I think that's more anxiety), pick at scabs (if that's self-harm..), and that's about it i think.. I'm also a bit of a pyro but I don't actually burn myself. I don't know why but I always feel calmer after hurting myself, like I'm cutting out or beating up the bad feelings. But when I hurt someone or break something (like I kicked a hole in the wall, banged my birds cage (I felt awful about that ), and I've put cracks in my laptop screen from punching it) I always feel so much worse.

i'm not sure if it counts but i work at a mall

Well, I don't really SH very often, but when I do, it's during fits of extreme anger. I generally bite and scratch myself, usually my left arm. Although I seldom SH in that way, I find it a wonder that I've never cut myself within the past three or four years. :/

okay... hoping for some insight... my 6 year old bangs head when he is angry... it almost seems like a knee jerk reaction and nothing we try seems to help... curious to know if anything goes through your head before you self injure for those of you who do this in response to anger.... or if you know when you will bang your head... any signs that tell you you are about to self injure?... anything that has helped you break that chain reaction or stop to think even just for a second? any advice out there?

I cut with an exacto knife, on the top of my wrist. I cover it with a watch, to hide it. Cutting has probably saved me from suicide at least twice through the relief I can get from it.

I don't self-harm, but I did, and I'll always consider myself a self-harmer (not a 'recovered' self-harmer) when it comes to SHers rights.

i cut my chest cuz it's less visible and i bite my fingernails till they bleed, i smoke cigarettes so i been considering burning myself but haven't tried it yet

I hit my head, I bite my hands, I peel skin off of my lips, I used to hit my head against things but I kept getting in trouble for that... what else... Ah - occassionally I cut myself with a knife out of guilt, if I feel I did something horribly wrong and made someone upset/hate me. (I cut on my leg, as it's less noticable, less in the way, and less melodramatic). The cutting thing is more of a self-punishment thing, then anything else. I can't really feel the pain very well anyways, as I'm hyposensitive.
The other harming things are stims, or things I just unconciously do. I have occassionally burned myself with hot water, but that was unintentional, as I can't feel tempuratures very well either.

I've cut before, Ive burned myself before... Sometimes I hit my head on the wall, punch things, kick things, bite myself.... idk what else?

I'd dig my nails into my skin or stop my breathing for a few seconds, anything more extreme I wouldn't want to do.

Thankfully this has died down with me over the last two years. I'd always headbutt walls/punch them till I cut my hands open. I also used to cut my lip with scissors and I used to/sometimes still will punch myself, sometimes till I bleed.