I’m taking a UM “Healthy Minds” survey right now and this question just cracked me up:

This question asks about ways you may have hurt yourself on purpose, without intending to kill yourself. In the past 4 weeks, have you ever done any of the following intentionally?
(Check all that apply)

Cut myself
Burned myself
Banged my head or other body part
Scratched myself
Punched myself
Pulled my hair
Bit myself
Interfered with wound healing
Other (specify)
No, none of these

I really shouldn’t be laughing because this is a serious question and troubled people really do do those things but it just seems like if you’ve burned yourself in the past four weeks, you probably wouldn’t be in the mental state to answer an online survey.

But that’s just my hunch.

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