>>16548244In this case where pretty much all of it looks like surface cuts that a cat could accomplish I can't say that's true for all cases.
I myself have my stripes from heavy self harm in my early to mid 20's.
The difference is most people have them on their wrists and going horizontally not vertically which implies they didn't want to die whereas people like me have them in sensitive areas like the space between the shoulder and the chest. The stripes I have are much different than how these would scar too. Mine are gashes that are wide and I should've gotten stitches to reduce the size of the scar. I didn't.
The primary difference is motivation. People like me want to replace the pain inside with pain outside. If I'm bandaging myself up and putting myself through very intense pain I can't think about the shit that's actually bothering me and by comparison doesn't seem as bad.
People like me hide away our shame while the fake depressed put them in very obvious places so people will ask about them. I don't want you to ask about my stripes get the fuck away from me.
So while I agree in principle I don't agree in practice.