How does smoking affect self harm

[nummie]

Firstly, i know that not everyone who is suicidal self harms, however this is a question that i was thinking of.

I started SH when i was 14 and everything was normal. Ive been been recovery ever since i was 17, and as soon as i turned 18 i started smoking.
But i recently relapsed but something was off about it. The smell of the blood was weird, it wasnt a metallic smell, and its taking longer to heal than what i remember experiencing before.
Im surprisingly very conscious of my health and get a lot of anxiety around it. I just wanted to make sure that my smoking habit is to blame for this difference rather than another health issue

 

[behindtheveil]

A blood test would help.

 

[nummie]

A blood test would help.

Thanks, I'll look into getting an appointment

 

[Untoten_]

Firstly, i know that not everyone who is suicidal self harms, however this is a question that i was thinking of.

I started SH when i was 14 and everything was normal. Ive been been recovery ever since i was 17, and as soon as i turned 18 i started smoking.
But i recently relapsed but something was off about it. The smell of the blood was weird, it wasnt a metallic smell, and its taking longer to heal than what i remember experiencing before.
Im surprisingly very conscious of my health and get a lot of anxiety around it. I just wanted to make sure that my smoking habit is to blame for this difference rather than another health issue

Yea, uh smoking does the EXACT opposite, like the evidence is overwhelming that it helps clot cuts quicker… get a health check. Seriously. I've been smoking ever since I was like 15, I'm 21 now and I never had an issue with anything like that.

 

[nummie]

Yea, uh smoking does the EXACT opposite, like the evidence is overwhelming that it helps clot cuts quicker… get a health check. Seriously. I've been smoking ever since I was like 15, I'm 21 now and I never had an issue with anything like that.

Oh... i should deffo get a check up then