self injurious behavior?

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I am curiouse to know how many others here have self injurious behavior?
what sort of things do you do to manage it? and do you have a hard time controling it?

I am really curiouse about this, I go through boughts of really strugaling, and I am curiouse to know what other peoples expiriences might be, and if it is at all simular to mine.

I occasionally self-injure myself when I have meltdowns.

Tim

I've never intentionally injured myself.

Is injurious even a word (hehe, if not well done! I'll start using it!).

But no, I don't. I have a friend (NT) who does it though with scissors to the wrists and upper thighs - like anorexia nervosa it is a control thing, not a physical thing (she has told me).

I'll punch the ground, anything really.. I smashed a PS2 controller to pieces once

I do. I have since I was a child.

I have learned to recognize when I am getting to the point of losing it. (you know like when your foot falls asleep..it feels..fat..and far away...sometimes *I* start to feel like that. like maybe I'm not really here all the way.) when that happens I try to distract myself.

a 3 mile run works pretty well...music. sometimes nothing does. it really is a constant struggle for me. mostly, because I don't see it as anything "bad". it is a coping mechanism to center myself when I become disjointed. it fixes what's wrong..and I never hurt my self severely. well, once, on accident, I kind of did. but mostly not bad hurts, at all.

even obsessive scab picking is a form of SI.

Willow, SI? i bite the back of my hand a lot 4 some reason... does that count?

um yes it is, infact that is the exat term profetinals will use "self injurious behavior" "SIB"

in·ju·ri·ous [ in jree əss ]


adjective

Definition:

1. causing injury: causing harm, hurt, damage, or distress


2. damaging somebody's reputation: damaging somebody's reputation, career, or chances of success

yes

bitein, pinching flicking,punching, scab picking............. all count

I use to cut from 16-26,always superficial and it did hurt.It was something that I did after a crying melt-down and I think it was because I was dissociateing and wanted to return to my body...it worked but was very shameful because,at the time I didnt know other people did it.I decided at 26 tht it was a poor coping mechanism(like my drinking to black-out)so I gave them both up.There were some temptations ar first but I dont have any more need to do it.

SI = Self Injury. and yes, that counts, for anyone who is counting.

oh. sorry...guess that was my stupid question of the day.

That's dissociation. I get it too, and have always linked it to having Borderline Personality Disorder. This is also what I assumed was the cause of my SI behaviors (scratching with a razor or needle, hitting myself.) I have been able to get it pretty under control now, though. I still get triggered to the edge of doing it sometimes, and get the feeling like you described. I have learned that it WILL go away without the harm.

I dont know you at all...but have you considered that many of the traits(including self-harm and dissociation)could actually be explained more acurately with AS?I was DX "border-line" order-line once....in 1990,before AS DX was in manual and did some reading about it before and since finding out about AS.I really think that many of the BPD "symptoms" are caused by AS traits...obsessions,sensery-over load,useinf chemicals to over come social phobia...just a thought.

hey brahs, i know i am new but at the same time i seen plenty of mates with as self harm, but ne'er have i done such a thing, at times i may become aggressive to the point of smacking my head off a wall hard to the point where at times i've knocked myself out or smacked a wall with my fist but in the end i calm down, i believe the only thing thats out in the world is a bully called the minority of people who degrade us and self harm is what they want us to do. but if we can stand tall and say no. im not going to self harm im going to become a fighter for the cause and stand up to the bully. i find it incredibly hard sometimes and theres times ive done stupid things but i refuse to let people beat me down. so come on my brah stand up and be proud of yourself cus even though we are labeled we are also human. stand tall.

brother devil

I totally agree! I was diagnosed with BPD four years ago and it seemed to make some sense. But since learning about AS I can see that AS accounts for a lot of things that BPD didn't - the kinds of things you've mentioned.

Also BPD tends to include sexual jealousy, which has never been a problem for me. People with BPD are often promiscuous, too, whereas I'm the opposite, if anything! I could go on. Some of the behaviours may look the same, but the motivations are completely different!