I hope this doesn’t come off as offensive, but I get really annoyed when I see people say they’re cutters or self harmers when they don’t have any scars or are ‘papercut’ level cutters. Like barely leaving any wounds.

As someone who has had severe injuries from cutting, including stitches snd staples and more emergency room visits than I can count as well as laser procedures for cosmetic reasons, I find it offensive when people classify themselves as cutters when they’re barely injuring themselves.

Not that I want people to hurt themselves badly, but I feel like cutting has become this trend everyone is engaging in because it’s deep and edgy when I truly don’t classify these papercut people as cutters. Self harm is definitely a spectrum and some are much more severe than others.

I’ve always seen very light cutting that doesn’t leave scars as attention seeking, sorry.

I just needed to vent about this. I’m not sure if others relate?