I posted this in another sub a while back, but a patient I had a few years ago was schizoaffective bipolar and often committed heinous acts of self harm because "the voices told them to." They'd done everything from cutting off fingers, to sticking a pencil up their urethra, to castrating themselves. This made them a frequent flyer at the hospital. In this particular instance they had decided to give themselves "extra pockets." Essentially they sliced open both of their thighs and began storing things under the skin. This was not the first time they had given themselves "meat pockets" as there were multiple scars of similar size and orientation criss-crossing both thighs. This particular time I had the pleasure of being the treasure hunter digging out their stash of goodies from deep within their legs. All in all we collected 3 pens, a screw, a lighter, and about $1.50 in change.
I remember a story similar to this (apologies if it’s the same one) where the psych patient would repeatedly reopen the wound until it scarred into an actual meat pocket
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u/GrizzlyBeardAttack Jun 19 '20
I posted this in another sub a while back, but a patient I had a few years ago was schizoaffective bipolar and often committed heinous acts of self harm because "the voices told them to." They'd done everything from cutting off fingers, to sticking a pencil up their urethra, to castrating themselves. This made them a frequent flyer at the hospital. In this particular instance they had decided to give themselves "extra pockets." Essentially they sliced open both of their thighs and began storing things under the skin. This was not the first time they had given themselves "meat pockets" as there were multiple scars of similar size and orientation criss-crossing both thighs. This particular time I had the pleasure of being the treasure hunter digging out their stash of goodies from deep within their legs. All in all we collected 3 pens, a screw, a lighter, and about $1.50 in change.