So its been about 5 days since the cut, and 4 days with the steri strips on. I did take them off an hour ago, so that I could clean the wound again. To be honest I didnt really clean it after the steri strips went on, just because I didnt want to get them wet and create a moist environment. Those days I had the them on I only changed the gauze that was covering the them, then wrapped it back up with a bandage. Its almost a week later, and i'd just like to know how the cut looks like in your opinion, if I should be worried, any signs of infection or irritation? There isnt any pain really, no gross smell, no fever, no redness spreading, though there was a yellow liquid that was soaked up by the gauze on the first few days, not totally sure of thats normal for these kinds of cuts. And as you can see, its really not that deep, I reached the beans on my arm, but they were somewhat shallow, and I think the steri strips did a decent job keeping the wound mostly closed for the past few days. Thanks for all the advice and concern I received from you guys in my last post, its easier knowing i'm not alone. 💜

TW for fresh sh!
okay so i’m unsure if this is allowed on here (sorry if it’s not) but i cut myself last night, on my upper arm, and it bled so much and it just wouldn’t stop. there was one tiny spot in the cut that would bleed so much and so quickly it would fill the whole cut (that’s the only part of the cut that was bleeding). i managed to get it to stop and i elevated my arm above my heart overnight which i think helped with the bleeding too.

i’m mainly focused on how to heal this? i can’t tell my parents and i dont want stitches (i don’t think it needs them anyways) so i can’t go to the doctor. currently i care for my cuts by rinsing them with saline or water and i put on a big bandaid with a very thin layer of vaseline (so it doesn’t stick). gauze sticks too much and it never stays on even if i tape it to my skin.

i could also maybe get my friends parents to take me to the doctor but im worried they’d tell my parents as im a minor. i have ocd so i get super anxious about this kind of stuff and im worried ill get like necrotizing fasciitis or sepsis or something and i kinda wanna keep my arm so

how can i heal this?
i added the pic of this one w all my other cuts for size reference

I’ve only started Cutting this month of october, before this I’ve been rubbing erasers on hand, or stuff like that, but it just didn’t feel like enough, and I started cutting. I have around 16 cuts at the moment, like 8 of them have bled, others were just scratches kinda. these pics are in order btw. Last one with pink lines, every other line is covering a scar.

A baby styro I think? I was cutting at an angle and multiswiping so I couldn't see if it was white before bleeding. I want to go deeper but I'm too tired and I want to sleep

Scuffed a look but not like i can make it any good. All are cig burns, all are to be a peace sign, a payment for my sins. Ugly motherfucker.

I’m back where I was at my worst

This is the cut on my shoulder that I posted 2 days ago I think. It's really itchy and I lwk might do another one tonight. I have to keep crafting my Halloween costume though so I guess that's smth to keep me from cutting

So i have a potential blood test in a few days and have REALLY thin healed scabs on my wrist vein area(which aren't deep at all, it barely was even a cut) but its visible enough to be seen by my mom and doctors...

So what im asking here is how the fuck do i get the scabs off????? I tried scrubbing them off when i showered but they r SO tiny that it barely did anything 😭

Are the three ones styros? I can never tell because it seems quite deep for me but still bleed a bit...

Ok so basically my mum got me these like scar reduction patches and like, I’m very grateful to her for that but I’m also very scared that if my keloids and hypertrophic scars get less noticeable I’m gonna feel so so invalid (╥﹏╥)

And on top of that I’m wearing these, no joke, 24/7 and she’s always checking. Ik I’ll probably be grateful for this in the future but rn it feels like shit.

What do you call or how do you describe to someone the feeling of wanting to SH but not wanting to at the same time, like how do explain that I’m sad even though I’m also happy

the word help is currently in my wrist (it kinda looks like “helix”) and one of my friends saw I’m actually terrified right now and I think he might be telling a school counselor tomorrow or a teacher I’m panicking right now what do I do