Is it normal to want to make yourself bleed?

I have this impulse to bite and scratch at my wrists. What I really want is to make them bleed, but I try to hold myself back from that; but I WILL scratch and bite at them, in privacy, until they're all red and sore. And when I'm really stressed about something I'll scratch at my wrists, even in public, but I try really hard to make it subtle. It's not that I want to feel the pain or anything like that, I just want them to bleed, I guess. And when I get these urges I never want to use a razor or something sharp- just my very short, bitten down nails or my teeth. I don't know why I want to do this, it's just this really wierd drive to do it. So is it normal?

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36% Normal
Based on 261 votes (93 yes)
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  • ilove.nsn

    You guys are fucking stupid. Emo does not mean you cut yourself.. It means your EMOtional.

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  • It's not normal but I wouldn't say your emo either. It just sounds like your self-harming which is a serious problem. It would be best to go and see a professional about this. Good luck.

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  • Mel

    Not normal, go see a doctor!

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  • DaddyCool

    I'd get some advice from a doctor if I was you. Getting advice from internet thugs is the worst thing you can do. "R u emo?", I mean, what the fuck? Fucking ignorant, stupid Americans with their "you listen to girly rock music so you must like self-harming", how pathetic.

    Get some help from a medical/psychiatric expert - FAST.

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  • musicluver1024

    I. Am. Not. Emo.
    Okay? Really, honestly, truthfully, I'm not. It's an intense urge, not a ' my life sucks so I think I'll make myself bleed because that's sure to help'. I can't help it, it scares me, I don't like it and I'm getting really hormonally cranky with everyone saying that I'm emo. Emo kids are the ones that cut themselves because, A; they want attention and feel like self harm is the perfect way to do that. These people are posers and aren't really emo, that's why they go crying to everyone else, SAYING that they're emo in order to get a reaction.In truth they're not, they only want to be center stage.

    And B; the people who's lives are truly terrable, and in order to hide from it all they go numb. these people get frightened at the fact that they're starting not to feel and try to MAKE themselves feel. They keep cutting so that they can feel SOMETHING. at least that's how I understand it. If I'm wrong about the people who actually use it as an escape, I truly am sorry for thinking I knew what was going on.
    But heres the thing;I don't fit into either if these groups.I know that my life is good, and I remind myself every day that It could be so much worse. You see? I don't NEED to cut, I just really, REALLY want to. There was no trigger or stresser that made me start it or anything. In fact I'm pretty sure that I was in one of those happy stages when The urge first showed up. You know, when it seems like nothing can go wrong and you're all smiles and giggles for like two weeks? ... I don't know if I'm making any sense. But let it be known, here and now;
    I. AM. NOT. EMO.

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      And sorry for being unbeleivably cranky. honestly.

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  • musicluver1024

    It's not fun! It scares the crap out of me! It's like this amimal instinct that I can't control. I want it to stop... But at the same time I don't, you know? I'm just really confused...

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  • I'm doing that too.. It's kinda fun:p

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    • musicluver1024

      Not so much for me; it's actually freakinging me out. I'm pretty sure this isn't normal- I mostly posted this one for advice.

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  • yeyaman

    do you get angry or do you just want to bite something? im a vampire so i know how it is. (just joking)

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  • lindseymichelle5

    Yeah...it's normal. Not okay but normal for people who are like you, and me and a thousand others. It's not the pain of a cut or the emotions behind it but sometimes it feels great to see your own blood. If your like me other peoples blood makes me want to cry but my own I love it. Don't bother with a psychologist unless they really help you, because for me they did not get that I was not trying to feel pain I just wanted to see my own blood, sometimes when i was sad, scared nervous or just because i wanted to. It's not emo, a lot of times its not even many emotions behind it (many time there are though). Best part, I am a 3.5 gpa "normal" girl who loves country, my family sports and everything other college girls like. Not emo at all. It's just a messed up part of me i was never able to grow out of. I want to see my own blood sometimes. Is it normal? yeah, is it okay? No

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  • BirdyMojo

    No that's not normal to do because you want to bleed..... whenever I get nervous I chew my fingernails, and sometimes my wrists get itchy and I will itch them, but not scratch or bite them to death... O_O thats a little strange,

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  • Kyuuketsuki

    Haha, well it may not be 'normal' to others, but it is to me! I do the same thing. And yes, I do cut myself. (I'm not a sad wimpy emo kid, so don't even start.) So, I get where you're coming from. My advice: be careful around people. It would be bad if people found out. So, when you do it, just be smart about it. And, of course, have fun!

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  • oiroif

    Sounds like you have anxiety issues...some animals bite themselves when they are extremely anxious...try to find out what is stressing you out so much

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  • astrang21

    There is obviously another issue involved. There's nothing abnormal about you, you just have an issue to work out. It's definitely self-harm though, with or without a razor blade.

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  • rickj

    Its very normal. U know sometime i put on boby amor and shoot my self

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  • ruralfrights

    Not normal . With or without foreign object, it's self-mutilation. Deeper issues involved. Really. See a psychiatrist and figure it our.

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  • It's called emo
    And nt normal

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  • I agree thts pretty emo

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  • cheesey530

    Weirdo

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  • Do you enjoy the music of Hawthorne Heights?

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  • bunnyboo22

    R u emo??

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