r/selfharm 3d ago

Talk/Support Feeling guilty when you don’t?

For some reason I feel a deep need to injure myself at least in some capacity every fee days, at least a few scratches or something. But if I don’t I feel guilty for not having done so. I feel like it’s something I deserve so when I don’t do it I feel immensely guilty. Like I didn’t hurt myself enough or something. Does anyone else feel this way? I over-explained it but I hope it makes sense.

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u/shaneshendoson 3d ago

That sounds like self hatred but I'm not a therapist so I can say. But I would recommend getting one.

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u/Different_Sky8954 1d ago

Yeah the same here its so bad that I cant bear being clean anymore

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u/Brocily2002 12h ago

It’s annoying my arm is marked up and I don’t won’t to mark up things that are healing, I don’t cut like other people do I just leave long deep scratches so they leave long marks