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[UnknownError]

So. Triggers.

What is triggering to you? I'm trying to find out mine, its confusing.
I used to think just blood and stuff in general, but now not really. I actually find blood beautiful and nosebleeds to be unbelievably sexy. So yeah, I'm not sure of mine. :/
Anybody have an tips on how to find out, I dont want to just be looking through hundreds of gorey pictures until I feel like SH'ing. D;

(Oh and I know this thread has been made a million times, but I didn't want to bump one, and different members = different answers.)

[Love.Hate]

Why do you want to find out whats triggering you? so you can overcome those/avoid the triggers?

I try to trigger myself with pictures of SH but often i just find it weirdly beautiful. Blood is.. i dont know how to describe it? calming and pretty i guess.

Things that trigger me are mainly arguements or situations where i dont know how to fix anything and im scared, so i resort to cutting to keep me calm. If i dont have control over a situation i will cut, to regain that control.

Im trying to avoid triggering myself, so that means avoiding arguements (easier said than done) and trying not to cut deeper than that shown on pictures (so avoiding pictures i guess).

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[UnknownError]

Yeh. :/ I want to know what they are so I can avoid them.

And I feel the same way as you, last sentance third paragraph.

[dontcare97]

I touch my thigh and i can feel the scars through my leg. Even if i just did it, I'll start thinking about it. I reason with myself and say "Ohh, it's just for a new design." or "I want to see them." Also looking at in the mirror at myself and noticing my fat. then I get the self hatred and cut. My advice, don't touch them.

[NobodysCupOf Tea]

I trigger myself on purpose alot... Not clever I know but hey

I do this in loads of differen ways. Usually I listen to depressing music. I rarely cut without my soundtrack...

Also I stare at myself in the mirror. That's very triggering for me, I just hate what I see and punish myself for it.

It's not usually a single moment, more of a build up for me, I have to be depressed otherwise I dont get the same relief.

Ofcourse I would never recommend it, but I'd be lying if I said I did t abuse my known triggers.

[Bath]

Pictures of cuts. Never really scars, just like fresh or healing cuts. Even if they're not self harmed really.

Arguments with my mom or my boyfriend. Or really anybody who just means a lot to me. I won't cut BECAUSE of that argument, but that fight will usually lead me into a certain fit where I just start thinking about things.

Taking a bath. Showers are fine, but last time I took a bath I cut. So I always feel like doing it again. I don't take baths anymore.

Looking at knives. Funny cause I never cut with a knife, ever, yet it triggers me more than razor blades do.

[kacibaybay]

family. anger. thinking to much about shit. binging. gaining weight. looking at my razor. being in the same room with my razor. looking at pictures of cuts. my brother. so much.

[LittlePaperStars]

I don't know...Little things trigger for me.
-The past or a really bad memory.
-The word silver or metal.
-When I fight with my parents. (That happens frequently)

[love is louder]

before i knew what mine where i was very confused and didnt quite know what was happening sometimes. it is always in the back of my mine 24/7 but there are things that can escalate it really bad ut there just daft things like.
- broken glass
- and now seeing anyone that uses a lighter.
- if i accidentally cut myself and it bleeds im like ohhhh shit.

but when i have arguments and stuff i dont think about it but that just pushes me further into doing it worse i guess.

[xktx]

seeing my own blood, having an argument or thinking too much, I avoid thinking now a-days unless its constructive (like school work or whatever) x

[Syvelocin]

I either need to be feeling too much or not enough. So it's always when I'm crying or when I can't feel. Anything that upsets me. Fights, other people, just memories. Or if I'm feeling unusually depressed, I feel more emotionless than anything. It's fun, because my triggers are just the chemicals in my damn brain.

I'm the same. I'm very desensitized to everything many self-harmers find as triggers. I can look at even the worst of injuries and be fine. Just looking at blood is enough, blood isn't a trigger, though a trigger is if I want to see blood. Which is usually because I'm upset anyway and looking for something to relax me. I can read books about self-harm, watch films like Thirteen and Wristcutters: A Love Story, nothing phases me except the production (or rather, lack of) of chemicals in my brain, bipolar disorder. About 90% of the shit that happens to me on a daily basis that gets me upset is shit that would barely faze less fragile people.

[xktx]

I either need to be feeling too much or not enough. So it's always when I'm crying or when I can't feel. Anything that upsets me. Fights, other people, just memories. Or if I'm feeling unusually depressed, I feel more emotionless than anything. It's fun, because my triggers are just the chemicals in my damn brain.

Well that sounds like fun :/