What happens to you when you get strong urges?

[UnknownError]

Just a question I've wondered, since I'm guessing everyone is different.

Personally, my arms and wrists start to physically burn, I can feel them heating up and it feels like they are literally being prodded with hot metal sticks. Obviously I'm imagining it, but it is actually painful.

What about you?

[workingatperfect]

Mine don't get too strong actually, and it's only when I notice that my scars are fading. But I just get really nostalgic I guess, and depressed I want more cuts on my legs. Not so much for the sake of cutting, but for the comfort of having the cuts there?

[Elysium]

It's more mental than physical for me. I just can't stop thinking about it.

[AmuraVasendiu]

Same as Elysium, mostly. I'll just get the urge, and then I can't sit still, I can't stop thinking about what it's like to cut. The rubber band idea helps a lot, but I usually just get out of the house and try to hang out with friends, to try and ignore the feeling and hope it goes away before I have to get back home.

[astrid]

That's interesting that you have a physical response, because I've never had that. Mine are always very much in my head, like a very strong craving & I tend to be unable to calm down unless I self-harm.

[Love.Hate]

I start shaking, when I really feel the urge my arms go itchy and I just cant get my mind off it

[Harley Quinn]

I get really nervous, I start to get really bad neck pain too strangely. I get clammy hands, my legs get jittery and my thighs start to get pins and needles.

[Disasterology]

My right forearm starts to hurt when i get the urge to cut

[Fiction]

I tend to just start feeling really restless. I can't sit still and my arms start to feel odd. It's not a pain, it's almost like they go numb. It's hard to explain. If it gets bad enough I usually end up pretty much involuntarily scratching myself or pulling my hair.

[Thyodor]

generally what happens for me is that i will start hearing my razors calling me, my arm will usually respond by getting really itchy and begin to tense up making it harder to resist

[Rayquaza]

Unconscious scratching of arms, face, jaw, Wiping face, Restless movements, Hair pulling

[FullyAlive]

I shake, like my arms and my legs do and I have to wedge my feet under something to hold them flat on the floor and sit on my hands. My arms get really itchy and depending on how bad I feel I sometimes start to see blood like out the corner of my eye on stuff or on me its hard to explain like its obviously not there but it looks real-ish.

[Silent Tears]

I get anxiety, and I honestly feel a hunger for it. I feel like I'm losing my mind, and I just image cutting, the blood, and the feeling of relief that I don't have right now. I can't sit still or anything either.

[Deleted 12]

when im angry i will get shooting pains down my legs but its gotten better over the years.

[XxfakexX]

I usually start to go dizzy and panic, (i have anxiety) My skin start to feel really tight and i get really tense, so it's like i have to scratch my way out. It's very uncomfortable.

[The Awkward Artist]

My muscles start to get tense all over, and I start to shake. My head starts to hurt and I can't sit still or stop thinking about it. It's worse if I am having and anxiety attack.

Then I roll over and cry and shake and hyperventilate and all that jazz until the attack is over.

[Jakefortin]

Wutt

[CleanBlades95]

when i start to get the need to cut i just feel like i am shaking, but i am not. its a strange thing to describe the proper feeling

[Croconaw]

I usually can't stop thinking about it. I rarely get urges, though.

[King_of_Hearts]

I feel like my body is engulfed in fire. It is a very uncomfortable burning sensation.

[pimpin aint easy]

I don't know what happens I just feel my hands move on their own accord

[VictoriaGotaSecret]

My anxiety "levels" go sky high and if someone says one thing to start me I can be the total bitch or cry away. Then I start having panic attacks more than normally and just cannot be around people for very long.