Others inflict pain to feel it to punish themself. The pain from the cut makes a person who feels unreal feel. And with bleeding the pain leaves Pain of hurts so bad there is no other way to make them go away. Other triggers can be anger or panic, anxiety. Self injury is a coping skill We who injure know this.
Self injury becomes a habit.
Though the scars are pretty and we Do our best to make them remain as long as possible. There are many who hide their scars By cutting in secret in places we can cover such as the stomach and the legs. After we cut or burn we take care of the injury. We put ointment on them, we put bandages on them. We keep a large supply of bandages on hand.