Blood obsession, kind of a long story...

Normal.
I love blood 2, for the taste, color, and just the feeling of it running down your body.

Be careful though with the cutting, I used to and then i got caught, after that i just felt even more pathetic than i did before, and even though i get the urge for the blood and pain, i refuse to cut because i dont want that pity put upon me again.

If you had type one diabetes like me you would be pricking your finger with the meter poker and staring at it all day.

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About the same for me but I actually drink the blood. My friends all know I do this and if there in comfortable with it they leave the room if they cut them selfes other wise some of them let me lick the blood off them.

Normal is subjective. No, an obsession with blood is not normal for the majority, but it is for some; myself included.
There's something about it, the warm wet stickyness of it as it dries on skin. The sweet smell of it. The vibrance of it when it's still wet. The taste of a copper that isn't toxic.
I cut too, I love pain almost as much as I love blood and the two go hand-in-hand so nicely. Most people think that I cut because I'm depressed or that I do it because I'm showing the emotional pain I feel in a physical way. But neither are true. I do it because I love it.
I write things too, on walls, my ceiling, my door, paper if I want to keep it. I especially like pressing my hands against the ceiling. It's like a dying handprint, the last thing left of me. Because really, blood is the essence of life.
I also like to smear it all over myself. Sometimes when I do that and then look in the mirror I see a twisted sort of beauty that I don't ever see otherwise.
So you see, normal in one sense of the word it may not be. But normal in my sense of the word, it is.

I agree with you. I'm not exactly allowed to hurt myself by my parents, but I would if I could. I would probably cut my arms and just watch my blood gush out. Rubbing it against the walls and ceilings would seem more of a, err... Decorating process. I would clean it up though. I don't want to be thought of as insane or a murderer... OK, maybe I do.

I love blood to. i Just love the taste as well and i like to compare other peoples. so i ask people if its ok the next time the gt cut if they channel it into a bottle for me. since most my friends cut themselves they dont mind so i have a pretty steady supply.

Ok, I think it's time I posted an update on my status regarding this issue. I have been cutting significantly less in resent times. I think the last time I really cut was a few months ago. Sometimes I still prick myself with a sterile needle or thumbtack when the urge to see blood gets too strong but it's not a daily ritual and the mutilation has been much less severe (not that it matters since my skin is so f***ed up from where I cut that it makes no difference whether I use a needle or a blade). I don't write on the walls or keep the rags anymore, just rub the blood on my hands. I still love the smell and sight of blood and still have bloody fantasies. I have a host of other issues but this one seems to be gradually getting better, at least for now. Thank you for all the advice.

Cutting yourself is your way of exerting pain on yourself, thus giving yourself control. You probably feel alone, powerless and giving yourself pain, rather than letting someone else give it to you, is your way of controlling your life.

However, affection for blood can be sexual. Believe it or not, blood has deep roots with semen in many cultures - that's why some people find vampires drinking the blood from victim's necks erotic.

So cutting yourself and using your blood may be your way of gaining sexual eroticism and intimacy from yourself when you can't gain it from other people. Writing it on the door is your way of marking your territory, showing yourself that you're here for yourself and that you're in control. That you don't need anyone else. That you can control your pain, that you can be intimate with yourself and writing it there is a trophy which you can gaze upon all night to remind yourself how powerful you are.

I don't cut myself, but I bite when I'm angered and it releases the pain immensely. I have mild autism, and it's been known for people with autism to hurt themselves when they are stressed - as I mentioned on another of your posts, you show minor signs of autism, so I'd get checked by a doctor for it.

Ah, sounds a bit similar to my blood obsession, except I like the taste, too.

But that smell.. Something about it.. Just sparks something within me, I guess.

But I don't write stuff with it. Well, if there's enough of it, I may draw something, but in a place more private, like a notebook, not a door.

Sounds normal to me. I like to drink blood (from a cut or something) tho.

A combat bloodlust is referred to as Hematomania, I have that. A sexual bloodlust is referred to as Hematophillia, A normal(ish) bloodlust is referred to as Hematolagia.

this is nothing compared to what I have but I say its normal for a number of reasons...

Stop cutting yourself. Slash everything you see. No emotion blood is all you see. The only way outta here. Is piece by piece!!!!

Its normal, i get it to. The taste, feel and look of it all fascinates me. And I've also had fantasies about stealing blood from hospitals- but in my fantasies, i drink the blood.

me and you are a bit the same. I'm not so intensly into it, so i don't cut myself by i "savour" the moment when i do get cut. I also really like the taste of blood more than anything. If your wondering what the obsession with blood is called, i believe its hemofetishist, but i'm not sure. One of my friends are even the same way, but most of my other friends think i'm wierd for it haha. Ohhh weeell can't help the way you are eh?

I think your obsession with blood is just a materialistic

Agreed, normal is very subjective.

The thing with me though is I can't stop getting excited over the smell of blood, and the sight of it. Especially during sex, I mean, not menstrual blood, ew. But if my partner has blood drawn from them by me, or vice versa, I can smell it way before I notice the pain, and I seriously go animalistic.

I love the way it smells, the way it feels against my skin and my partners skin. Just, I love it.

I used to cut too, but I stopped doing that, it started to become noticeable to friends and family, plus i'm working on sleeves and a chest piece, so I want as small amount of scarring as possible.

I think its normal, maybe not to some people but I understand you. I get excited when I see blood especially when its at high speeds like gushing. I also think about covering myself and spreading it all over the walls and everything. It makes me feel excited not sexually but powerfully almost monstrous. Hopefully I dont take it to the point where I want to take it from victems but I dont know. This could be due to me being bipolar though. But i say if it makes you feel comfortable then do it, just try not to harm others with it :)

Bah, there is always a story that makes sense with this thing, its probably normal to the degree that you dont go around stabbing people to feel their blood. You simply relate the blood to something pleasant and thats it. Ill give you normal on this one.

*I think your obsession with blood is your way of obsessing about something physical, but you're really obsessed with pain.
You really should try and talk to somebody

But you shouldn't cut yourself just to get it out. That is unhealthy for your skin.

Please stop cutting yourself! And please, please, get some help.