I had a patient that was a “cutter”...said he was trying to commit suicide but never made a cut that would accomplish that unless it became infected...but was very prolific at cutting: 200-300 cuts per incident...primarily to get people to “look at me.”
My daughter was a cutter. She cut her self because she clsoed herself off emotionally after a taumatic incident in her life. Thank God she is finally cured of that. Unfortuantely she replaced cutting with tattooing.