In the creation of novels, the setting of a character's self-harm behavior needs to be combined with his motivation, personality, environment, and narrative rationality. The following are some possible ways and precautions for your reference： --- ###**1. Common ways of physical injury** 1. **Instrumental self-injury** -**Sharp cutting**: Use a knife, glass fragments, etc. to leave a wound on the arm or thigh (note: Avoid specific description of the location or method details). -**Burns/burns**: Using cigarette butts, lighters or hot water to create controllable scars may symbolize "covering up psychological pain with physical pain." -**Hitting the head/wall**: Uncontrolled anger or self-punishment, common in emotional outbursts. 2. **Concealed self-destruct** -**Refusal of treatment**: Deliberately delaying the treatment of existing injuries and diseases (such as not bandaging the wound or taking medicine), implying a chronic tendency to self-destruct. -**Excessive exercise/hunger**: Physical collapse caused by extreme dieting or self-abusive training may suggest a pathological pursuit of control. 3. **Disguise accidents** -**Intentional fall/causing an accident**: For example, after falling down the stairs and breaking an object, clean up the debris with your bare hands, and use "accident" to cover up the intention of self-harm. -**Extreme environmental exposure**: A metaphor for self-loathing when going out without a coat in winter, frostbite, or dehydration from exposure to the scorching sun. --- ###**2. Hints of self-harm at the psychological level** 1. **Mental self-destruct** -Actively irritate others to cause beatings or verbal abuse (passive self-harm)； -Deliberately expose weaknesses to lure others to betray, and obtain distorted emotional catharsis through "being hurt". 2. **Addictive behavior** -Excessive drinking/drug abuse: knowing that it is harmful but indulging, using physical dependence to cover up psychological trauma； -Obsessive-compulsive behavior: such as repeated washing of hands to breaking skin, hair pulling (trichotillomania), and the materialization of anxiety. 3. **Symbolic self-harm** -Engraved on the skin with a specific pattern (such as a symbol representing sin)； -Repeatedly write self-denying sentences in the diary and tear them up, forming a psychological "wound". --- ###**3. Precautions for creation** 1. **Reasonableness of motivation** -Clarify the deep reasons for the character's self-harm: escape the pressure of reality? Seeking attention? Vent your powerlessness? Punish yourself? Different motivations lead to different behavioral logics. -Avoid romanticizing or instrumental self-harm, such as "proving love with blood", which needs to be handled carefully. 2. **Describe the scale in detail** -Pay attention to psychological descriptions rather than bloody details (such as "the touch of the blade across the skin is like ice, until the red oozes out, he feels that his breathing is smooth")； -Use metaphors or environmental accentuation instead of direct portrayals (such as bandages scattered on the floor, characters always wear long sleeves). 3. **Follow-up impact** -The physical consequences (infection, scars) and psychological changes after self-harm (short-term relief → deeper shame)； -The reaction of the surrounding characters: Has anyone found out? How will this drive the plot? 4. **Ethical responsibility** -You can add mental health resource tips at the end of the article to avoid negative effects on susceptible readers； -If adolescent roles are involved, the risk of imitation needs to be handled carefully. --- ###**Fourth, literary case reference** - "Blue in the Room" (Maggie Nelson): Exploring self-harm and existential anxiety in poetic language； - "Silent Confession" (Wu Qishi): The character resists family pressure through self-destructive behavior； -"The Forest of Norway" (Haruki Murakami): A description of the hidden tendency of depressed characters to self-destruct. --- If you need more specific scene design or psychological motivation construction, you can supplement the background information of the character, and I will provide further suggestions. Please always maintain respect and restraint for the subject when writing.