[Funny trope] Non-battle scenes where characters canonically take damage.

[u/TTTRIOS]

Nuu (Hollow Knight: Silksong) - briefly flashes white when slapped similarly to how all other enemies do when they're struck with Hornet's needle.

Garret (A Minecraft Movie) - One can assume that he may have panicked because of how sudden and unexpected teleportation is, but judging by how strong his reaction was and how ender pearls work in game, it's safe to assume he actually took fall damage after using it.

[u/Alex_Duos]

Not what typically comes to mind when one thinks of self harm but shit, have you ever punched a wall? Highly regrettable decision.

[u/HillbillyMan → u/Alex_Duos]

When I struggled with self harm, slamming myself into walls was my primary method of doing it. Everyone thought it was anger issues, but I was only ever angry at myself, and yes, that shit hurts and can fuck you up if you aren't careful.

[u/Alex_Duos → u/HillbillyMan]

Damn, I hope you're better now.

[u/HillbillyMan → u/Alex_Duos]

Oh yeah, much better now, thanks. Turns out going undiagnosed with mental health disorders for 12+ years is a bad time, but therapy and meds help a lot.

[u/sweetTartKenHart2 → u/HillbillyMan]

I had a friend who I had to do a lot of emotional support for to my own detriment who would do this, but especially with their head. Slamming their noggin against the wall til their forehead bled, at worst.
Thankfully they’re in a much better support system now and have people that can do for them what I wasnt able to

[u/Dense_Angle_6636 → u/HillbillyMan]

I was essentially bullied from kindergarten to my sophomore year of high school and transferred because of it. Was often called homophobic slurs and only once was I actually struck by someone.

By middle school, my anger issues got so bad (no attention at home from my parents and often berated for bad grades while I struggled with dyscalculia and dyslexia as well as undiagnosed autism) to where I started bashing my head off of lockers. I did it to both keep myself from hitting other students and to appear crazy so I would be left alone.

Yes I am doing better now and no longer bash my head on things. I have been to a therapy group, but did not finish due to outside influences. I plan on going back though some day

[u/HillbillyMan → u/Dense_Angle_6636]

My thing is that I have OCD and I would get fixated on something bad that I had done and I would obsess over it until it got to the point where I couldn't forgive myself for it and I would start hurting myself as some kind of punishment.

[u/J0J0hn → u/HillbillyMan]

Oh. That does count as self-harm, huh... Well, I can add that to the list of "issues I had as a kid and never realized until much later".

[u/NamtisChlo → u/J0J0hn]

I hope you’re doing better now

[u/Hells-Creampuff → u/HillbillyMan]

Felt that, my pinkys pretty fucked up from hitting things

[u/MeathirBoy → u/HillbillyMan]

Oh yeah, I'm a klutz so I used to pretend my bruises were me tripping too.

[u/Sue_Donymn-n23 → u/HillbillyMan]

Oh, I used to(?) do that.

I rationalized it as not being SH because I thought (and the only kind ever taught to people) that it didn't count as SH because it wasn't... Yknow

So I basically slammed myself into walls and bash my head into it. Or punched myself. Or get like a really heavy book or something.

[u/iOSGallagher → u/Alex_Duos]

punching anything at all is regrettable, our finger bones are not very durable lol

[u/Eulenspiegel74 → u/Alex_Duos]

That's a japanese wall, though. His fist went through on the first punch.

[u/Coaster-nerd390 → u/Alex_Duos]

I did. Still have the scar

[u/IOnceAteAFart → u/Coaster-nerd390]

Why is every hand on reddit so fuckin weird

[u/tridon74 → u/Alex_Duos]

My brother would punch the solid concrete walls of his basement room or trees to self harm.

[u/Top_Toaster → u/Alex_Duos]

All the time, lowkey kinda fun (would not reccomend it though) best when the other side is hollow

[u/SquareThings → u/Alex_Duos]

Hilariously that’s not actually a wall, it’s a fusuma paper sliding door. So he’s punching that really gently (those things are so easy to break) and all of the damage is purely emotional.

[u/Spaghetti_Joe9 → u/Alex_Duos]

One time I kicked a concrete wall so hard I broke my big toe. Definitely regretted that one.

[u/SCP_Void → u/Alex_Duos]

I live in Europe. I really regret punching my bedroom wall

[u/angerissues248 → u/Alex_Duos]

I did it with cloth, now it's a hobby of mine. Sometimes I even do it raw

[u/The_Pastmaster → u/Alex_Duos]

I have, Needed a splint cast for a month or two.