I agree 100% it is self harm, just like cutting, self-starvation, etc.
I agree 100% it is self harm, just like cutting, self-starvation, etc.
I also have compulsive skin picking and used binders. Both are self-harm. For some reason if you say you were born in the wrong sexed body, even genital mutilation is justified as brave and stunning. Utter madness.
I also have compulsive skin picking and used binders. Both are self-harm. For some reason if you say you were born in the wrong sexed body, even genital mutilation is justified as brave and stunning. Utter madness.
Hey, why can’t this be considered, at least as a possible reason, self-harm? I’ve got problems with excoriation—skin picking, in other words; I’ll viciously go after acne and anything that might be acne on my face—and while in my case it’s a compulsion or an anxiety thing, I see it listed alongside self-harm sometimes—as in it can be considered and done as a form of self-harm.
Why can’t chest binding be understood as a manifestation of self harm?