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I have selfharmed for a long time. On a few occasions I have selfharmed because of suicidal thoughts. This caused me to cut a vein in my arm, imagining I would bleed out. However, I knew 99% chance I wouldn’t die and couldn’t imagine myself being successful. I wanted to be found? Am I attention seeking? Is it a suicide attempt or me being suicidal or is it just selfharm?
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Hi, @mia001,
Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You may notice that I moved your discussion and combined it with an existing discussion titled, "Selfharm." I did this so your message would be seen by all of the members who've discussed experiences with self-harm here previously. If you are replying by email, click on VIEW & REPLY to be brought to the new location of your post and to read through some of the messages shared by other members.
With self-harming for a long time, I can imagine you have endured much emotional pain. I'd like to request that some other members I referred to who've been involved in this conversation would return to address your questions about whether you were cutting in a way that could cause bleeding out because you were wanting to be found or attention seeking, or if you were just suicidal. Please meet @parus @rlinstrot @georgette12 @ryman. @hopeful33250 and @gingerw may also have some input for you.
What is your thought on whether your cutting was truly suicidal, or something else, @mia001?