When someone (usually depressed or suffers from mental and/or physical illness) often cuts, wrists and thighs are most popular but it can go to rip ankles etc.
Girl1: hey Girl2 whats up!
Girl2:*quickly adjusts sleeves* Hey, im good
Girl1: what's wrong with your sleeves let me see if I can help *grabs her sleeve*
Girl1:*sees fresh wounds and previous scars* Are these from you self-mutilate ing?
Girl2: U-Ugh no
Girl1: you mean yes right?
Girl2:Yea..
When emo's think they're like so so cruel and hard and start slitting their wrists and use a lame excuse of "no-one cares waaaaaaaaah" or "you wouldn't understand".
Guy1: Let's go watch Napoleon Dynamite
Guy2: That movie is soo sad man..
Guy1: Yeah, I self-mutilate myself everytime I watch it
Guy2: OMG ME TOO *starts crying*
Guy1: Here have some tissues.
Hurting yourself in any way at all. Remarkably similar to eating disorders and substance abuse. Can be a cry for attention, a type of self-punishment or just a way of letting out frustration and depression. No matter what the form or reason, this is a disease and a serious, widespread problem. It is also extremely addictive and leads to downwards spirals of reclusive behavior, guilt and high-risk living.
Self-mutilation can be cutting, head-slamming, wrist banging, scratching, picking, burning, bruising- anything painful.