Understanding your triggers is a good first step towards not cutting- here are some ideas of triggers (they may not all apply to you)
- Not being able to concentrate
- Boredom
- Arguments/upsetting someone
- Failure
- Feeling lonely
- Being unable to communicate or express yourself
- Your thoughts being too fast or not making sense
- Feeling helpless, with no options left
- Wanting to punish yourself, guilt
- Seeing something you can cut with
- People not understanding you
- Feeling angry at yourself
- Being scared
- Seeing blood
- Hearing someone talking about self harm
- Feeling unreal/numb
- Having feelings you don't understand
*Shoot For The Moon
