I knew a kid in the fifth grade who wold constantly stick straight pins just beneath the skin of his forearm, bury them op to the head, and be so proud of what he had done.
MM
(It's a great gripping mystery novel regardless.)
I think if I had to attend today’s schools, I would stick something more drastic than a pin into my body.
Generally it is meant to be hidden.
http://www.scar-tissue.net/forum/faq.php
http://selfmutilatorsanonymous.org/?page_id=4
All this effort for a few dozen cases.
Good thing they didn't do this with AIDS.
is it a disorder, botched attempt at self performed piercing or trying to copy someone like Amy Whinehouse?
Does it strike anyone else that the more bored our society becomes, the more self-destructive we become?
When I was a kid, my idea of self injury was a football game, or sliding into second base. Can’t tell you how many stones I was pulling out of my “ground rash” days after the slide.