Two questions..

[aLeX..]

Hello,
I'm not sure if its just me, or if it happens to anyone else that self-harms, or used to self-harm..
But do certain things make you think of self-harm straight away? even really random things...
like whenever i see broken glass, or anything thats broken, i automatically think of self-harm.. i dont really know why.
Is that just me?

And the other question is..
I saw this girl walking the opposite way on the same pavement as me. I was with a friend. When she walked past, a really painful shiver went down my spine and i gasped holding my hands up to my mouth. I saw the girl had really obvious scratches and cuts all over her arm and i felt like i was going to cry. I started muttering to myself in panic, saying "oh my gosh" over and over again. My friend sounded really worried and asked me what was up, I told her how the girl walking past had loads of scratches and cuts, and how they really didn't look like cat scratches. The thing is, I didn't even know the girl, so i dont really understand why was i panicking so much when i saw the scratches and cuts. My friend comforted me and said to me that she'll probably be alright, that she'll get help one day.
How come i reacted the way i did?

I hope you all dont mind me posting this :whoops:..

[Amyxoxo]

I think if you see something related to SH then because you are 'addicted'? to it then it may trigger something in the brain that makes you think like that???
You may have reacted that way because you have seen someone else like you, you didnt like what you saw and then thought about yourself, and what you look like to others that see you like that. (subcontiously).
Hope it helped ?? in some weired way lool :)

[PoisonedRazorBlades]

I often have thoughts like that. And I agree with broken glass I always think of SI. So I do that too. I've often found myself thinking about SI from random things so you're not alone with it.

Not sure why you may have reacted like that. Perhaps just because you can sympathise with it and don't want someone to have to go through it also?

[BuryYourFlame]

almost anything and everything reminds me of self-harm..

i think you reacted like that simply because it reminded you of your own sad/bad memories, so your mind/body reacted like that...