What is Self-Injury

Self-harm is also known as self-injury (SI), self-inflicted violence (SIV), self-injurious behavior (SIB), and self-mutilation, although this last term has connotations that some p...

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I can't stop. No need for stitches just it won't stop bleeding...help?
Posted on 07/03/09, 01:07 am
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Reply #1 - 07/03/09  2:09am
" I don't know if it would help but maybe try putting pressure on it with a towel or if you have any of those butterfly strips you could try that. If you think that your losing to much blood please get to a doctor. "
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Reply #2 - 07/03/09  2:26am
" Pressure with a towel and try to hold it higher than your heart. Not sure where you cut, but I often do my wrists too deep.

If it doesn't stop or slow down - please go to the hospital. I I know what it's like to cut deep enough to scare yourself and yet still be afraid or unsure if you should go to the Dr. "
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Reply #3 - 07/03/09  7:14am
" As long as you can't see fatty tissue you should be ok. If it does get too bad please go to the hospital/doctor. "
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Reply #4 - 07/03/09  8:28am
" There was no fatty tissue showing so I didn't feel the need to go to the doctor or the hospital, the blood just wouldn't stop. I finally got it to stop just to clean it and the blood to start again. Things are okay now....I just can't believe I did it so many times and so badly. "
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Reply #5 - 07/06/09  5:41pm
" hate to be cynical, but if your bleeding so badly, how you finding time to use a computer, someone as there prioritories wrong, guess who ? "

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