Self-mutilation? v. With the smiley face :)

The title bears no negative implications, and for reference sake, the definition of mutilate (from www.thefreedictionary.com):

1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple.
2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See Synonyms at batter1.
3. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts.

The above applies to all... you're surroundings, your body, mind, spirit, soul.... Don't let the definition set boundaries, or let it define you.

So, for all of those out there, who have self-mutilated to any extent, including myself, do you have words to describe why? What was it that you were seeking from the act and it's repercussions?

We're talking piercing, tattoo, cutting, doing drugs (any ROA), yadiya...

Also your outlook, what you take personally, and what you want others to see...

I'll get around to detailing some more of my own acts, but I needed to post before it was out of the question... For starters I guess it's a matter of self-discovery, and a journey of trials and errors to learn from and for the most part successful ventures into the unknown, for later appraisal and self-approval in a been there done that fashion...