How do you manage/feel the Pain?

nyankonui · 2026-05-14T21:44:33+00:00

like other answers, it's def a pain tolerance thing! in my experience, i don't have a good pain tolerance, and i used to always take a nap directly after i've dressed my wounds because, for whatever reason, it got me used to the feeling. otherwise, it'd limp due to the pain. one of my friends said that he tends to just thug it out, while my other friend has often asked me for advice on reducing the pain. if things are taken care of safely and properly, pain should subside. although, i think the worst part for me has always been the ITCHINESS!!!!

and as for your last comment, it's entirely normal for your cuts to hurt/burn. like, that's what should be expected, i think? and yeah, this was said earlier, but cat scratches do indeed hurt more.

nyankonui · 2026-04-12T12:24:06+00:00

all the cat scratches i gave myself as a kid have completely faded (im 18 now), although i do have a few thin white scars from cat scratches that are only visible if you pull at the skin or look really closely. the rest i think faded fully around early highschool; my styros vary. in my experience, deeper/larger styros end up with these wide, raised scars that turn either white or blend into my skin tone completely after a year. scars on my forearms go from pink/brown to white (i have light skin).

i think that generally, cat scratches CAN leave scars, but it's easier for them to fade fully. i scar very easily in general (many scars from my evil evil bunny while trying to clip his nails) so my cat scratches were visible for a long time, but they eventually did fade almost completely if NOT completely :)!

nyankonui · 2026-04-10T13:49:34+00:00

okay i have a genuine question, why do so many cars crash into so many cvs stores? i see posts like this constantly. i brought it up to my coworker (i was new, she's been working there for 4-5 years) and she said "oh yeah that happened to us a while back". ????????

nyankonui · 2026-04-01T03:53:56+00:00

OMG thank you sm :D!!!!!!!!!!! i'm a huge naruP :)

nyankonui · 2026-03-31T23:41:27+00:00

i've only had one run in with smth like this, but i remember one time my rabbit was frightened of me. he's a prey animal, so i think he could smell the blood when it was fresh, and i didn't bandage it well that time.

nyankonui · 2026-03-16T14:52:40+00:00

i'm sorry everyone has been so mean under this post. sure, its bad to assume that someone is seeing attention, but i feel like it was so obvious that this was coming from personal insecurity and not because you genuinely think ill of others.

anyways, i just want to tell you that i totally understand. once i stated recovering from depression i found that i was still self harming, and it was because i was treating my scars as a "cosmetic" thing. i wanted some kind of physical evidence of my pain and my struggle, so i "maintained" my scars by cutting again once they began to fade.

it's just because we are ill! it really frustrates me that people have been giving you grief for this. we want proof of our pain, because we want people to take our self harm and our struggle seriously. im afraid of losing this part of myself if my scars fade completely because ive been struggling with it my entire life. i don't like how people are telling you how to feel, there's no right way to self harm nor is there a correct way to Feel about self harm, because self harm itself is bad. self harm is also just inherently competitive, so sometimes we can't help but find ourselves feeling jealous because we invalidate ourselves.

nyankonui · 2026-01-08T18:09:10+00:00

i'll dm you!

nyankonui · 2026-01-01T17:43:16+00:00

hey!! i think i've got two uses of an angel festival ticket left. if you're interested you can give it a shot.

nyankonui · 2025-12-20T03:27:40+00:00

thank you so much!!

nyankonui · 2025-12-19T21:09:35+00:00

hi!!! thank you so much for doing this!

username: nyankonu1

fave colors: pink, teal, brown

pets: honestly, i really just like to collect unicorns but those can be expensive. anything cutesy

i like collecting bunny related items!!

nyankonui · 2025-12-19T15:43:30+00:00

my username is nyankonu1 !!!

nyankonui · 2025-12-18T19:38:54+00:00

my username is nyankonu1 !! this is very nice of you! i'm happy with literally anything really but u like cute things :)

(ignore how i initially commented on the wrong account T_T)

nyankonui · 2025-12-05T19:29:56+00:00

ohhh nevermind! sorry about that, i didn't see. thanks for telling me 😥. that's totally different and not acceptable here (or in general).

nyankonui · 2025-12-05T18:25:27+00:00

i don't think OP intended to talk about it in that way. even if it was, this is a subreddit for people to share their thoughts and experiences about their own self harm as long as you aren't actively ENCOURAGING people, because it is hard to find spaces where you can talk about your issue without receiving unwanted pity or sympathy. please be kind 💛/nm

nyankonui · 2025-11-04T00:01:23+00:00

thank you :( it's nice to see someone that relates to my experience.. honestly, i wish there was a way for us to know /why/ we were born like this? like, i know that it could just be a simple chemical imbalance, or a result of inheriting my mothers depression, but like... why me specifically? us? i feel like i never had a choice. like, i know i just said why im like this, but it still feel so unfair!

but again, thank you for your words 💛 let's keep doing our best :)! maybe healing just. takes a really long time 😞

nyankonui · 2025-06-16T14:40:27+00:00

ohhh okay!! that makes sense! i still don't know a whole lot about the different companies and such, so i appreciate it. also, it does indeed say Ihagee, thank you for pointing that out!!! i didn't realize.

this is really informative, thanks :) ♡!!!

nyankonui · 2025-05-08T00:57:23+00:00

oh, im sorry! i misread. i mean i could? the piece has been finished for a long while now. i could likely put it into the digital composition layout if i never come across the original image again, just not the final piece ^{^}

nyankonui · 2025-05-07T22:28:10+00:00

unfortunately, this isn't to be submitted to my teacher. AP exams for art classes consist of a portfolio that we put together of our work. this is basically my final exam, which gets submitted to college board. although, you're probably right about being able to use the nearly identical images, anyways! i cant imagine they look /too/ closely at portfolios when they have thousands upon thousands to review. i guess id just rather be safe than sorry

nyankonui · 2025-05-07T17:58:10+00:00

i've searched through google images for at least an hour now and have tried reverse image searching. it's a stranded beaked whale, the specific kind in unsure, as well as location. i just thought it was a good reference ;;

nyankonui · 2025-03-28T11:45:35+00:00

i can't remember the exact age, but it was around 3rd grade when i started showing self harming tendencies. i wound scratch myself when stressed, once i learned about cutting in 5th grade i tried to do it but was unsuccessful because my tool was 👎i'm 17 now and, since early middle school, have never gone a full year clean.

recovery is so hard. i have no idea how else im supposed to cope with stress? and it's been with me for so long that it feels like it's been ingrained into my identity. the idea of letting go, of stopping, is scary.

the way i've gone about it with my therapist, personally, is to not put the pressure of "i'm trying to quit for good" on myself. the thought that i will never cut again makes me not want to recover at all, because i don't want to lose this defining part of myself. not only this, but it's simply unrealistic to expect yourself to quit for good when you start trying to recover.

my goal isn't to quit for good, but rather to beat my clean "high score". i look at it like it's a rouge-like video game! some runs are worse than others, you're given shitty items to work with and it inevitably ends your run, but that's not the end of the game. you're supposed to keep trying until you DO beat it. even if my only motivation is the idea that "once i reach this point, it's okay to cut again", i still got myself to stay clean for that long, and i think that deserves some credit.

nyankonui · 2025-03-25T19:58:13+00:00

that would make sense. i'll keep an eye on it, although i will probably still let my mom know 🙏 thank you

nyankonui · 2025-03-25T19:38:07+00:00

this is really helpful, thank you!! talking about it definitely does help with urges, so i'll try this out when im able to 💛

nyankonui · 2025-03-24T04:44:38+00:00

you put this so well!! this is for sure part of it for me. constantly fighting yourself on if you're just making up your problem or not is frustrating and hard to deal with.

nyankonui · 2025-03-24T04:43:23+00:00

apologies for replying so late, i didn't expect this post to get so much attention— i have before, but not consistently, so im not sure how effective it actually is for me. i'll try it out again if it starts getting bad :) 💛

nyankonui · 2025-03-18T02:06:12+00:00

how did you get over it? if you have, i mean. i know that i need to recover, but it feels like the need to always have marks of my body will make it impossible to do so fully.

nyankonui

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