Triggers?

[Etcetera]

Do you know your self-harm triggers?

[thatgothgirluknow]

some but there are so many but mainly yelling screaming flash backs fighting with my family and friends and sharp things

[ksdnfkfr]

Hating on myself, feeling worthless. Hostile situations. The flashback thing: the less I think about it the better.

[radsniper]

it starts when i think too much then pretty much what has been written

[SleepyMonster]

When I get screamed at and called names and I'm scared to talk back

[Dalcourt]

mainly fights with family or other close people and flashbacks

[xXl0sth0peXx]

I personally don't consider my triggers why I actually harm. The only thing that truely triggers me is seeing images of self harm. It disturbs and stirs me the wrong way. I don't harm because of them per see but I definately consider them triggering.

As far as things that actually make me harm, it's more or less the usual - anxiety, arguments, flashbacks, etc.

[ieric]

I know this sounds like obnoxious but I can't look in a mirror without wanting to self harm.. Because people call me ugly and then I look in a mirror and I see it

[maddogmj77]

The only time I feel the need to cut is when I see my previous cuts.

[Karkat]

A LOT of it is either out of discontentment with myself, or discontentment with my environment/situation/etc.

Or, if I feel like I'm going to relapse. (Drinking)

[myfoodisnotshared]

Whenever I think about my friends or family, because I don't really have any relationships or people I can talk to, and it makes me so damn lonely that I just want to have something that's a solution. That and thinking about past cuts, cutting etc, it's remarkably like feeling hungry when you think about chocolate, just because it's chocolate. And any imperfections it's possible to have, even things like my weight - I don't even know how much I weigh, only that it's a healthy BMI, but I can go really self hating about how I'm not the fastest, the thinnest, the strongest, the most beautiful, even though I know there's nothing 'wrong' medically.

So... yeah... I have a lot of triggers:-( you get past them a lot by just not thinking.

[Chrisscotland]

If I see anything sharp that I know I could cut with I get that kind of nervous/excited feeling in my stomach and its all I can think about until I cut myself.
And times when I feel angry its the first thing that comes into my head.

[Unicorndreams]

I have a lot of triggers. When people tell me about their accomplishments, when my cuts heal, when I feel used, when I get bad grades or disappoint someone, and especially when my parents get mad at me because cutting is a way to get back at them, when I see my reflection, when I get compliments, and flashbacks to arguments and sexual abuse, and sometimes I just do it out of habit.

[theCorruption]

Mostly, people telling me to do somthing i don't want. It brings back flashbacks of some past sexual abuse. Another, is food. Everytime i eat, i feel so guilty and empty; like i've just committed treason or something. I belive i'm developing an eating disorder, and i'm scared about that.

[Babs]

just general self-loathing. or when I fuck up.

[Canadian.Teen]

When people yell or scream or bring up anything about my dad :(

[ryokuthefox]

When I feel out of control, which is very often. Harming is one thing I do have control over. I decide when to cut and no one can stop me.

[gothy]

self hatred, loneliness , sometimes suicidal thoughts, regret, flasbacks, grief, anger, sadness.

[xoraphox]

Loneliness, failing something, being rejected, having something out of my control... etc

[Desuetude]

Now adays it's when I get too overwhelmed and stressed out. Not much can trigger me but I use self harm as a 'way out' sort of thing, just to feel calm and peaceful for a moment in my busy mind. There are other reasons but that's the main one for me.

[WishBear]

Feelings of self hate make me want to cut. I want to punish myself, because I hate myself, and tell myself I am stupid or worthless. Also feeling out of control, and being strongly effected by things that i cannot control make me want to cut.

[CosmicNoodle]

-stress
-depression
-feeling to hot (I dont even fucking know)
-fear
-anxiety
-feeling trapped
-hating myself

[Miserabilia]

I'm my own trigger.

[AllTimeLoser]

overthinking mostly, losing people close to me, feeling worthless, then the panicking starts and there are sharp things all over my room so...

[diddykong53]

The trigger that made me relapse after 5 months was I was on a walk with my neighbor and she told me she had been cutting since march and she hasn't told me. That really made me sad. And I cut the next day.

[Why Live]

Now its looking at my scars/cuts, being bullied and just thinking.

[nay.]

Mine are when I see myself in the mirror some days, arguments, name calling, and when my other scars start fading away.

[Perfectly Flawed]

Luckily I no longer experience triggers, but getting insulted over and over used to make me want to SH. Thinking too much made me want to cut too. I can't really think of the other triggers I used to have.

[Ben_Frost]

I've never quite understood why people are sensitive enough to be triggered, I haven't experienced that myself yet.

[Yugen]

I don't think I know my triggers.

[TheRollingScone]

Any feeling of shame. I can almost never resist.

[Luminous]

Not self harm triggers so much, but more of just in general.
-talk about religion, especially Judaism
-Saturdays, if I'm home doing nothing and have time to actually think about it
-whenever my dad gets weird about food and keeping Kosher
-my dad in general. I live with him, by the way
-the words Jewish, Judaism, Shabbos/Shabbat, Torah, anything having to do with the religion
-Halloween, Christmas, and Easter are sort of ish. They have bad memories associated with the holidays, or lack thereof, but I do like them.
I can be set off pretty easily, so if you want to be my friend, you're best not starting the conversation by talking about Judaism.