What are urges like for you?
 

I just want to make sure that mine aren't weird or anything. Anyone willing to share experiences/what it their urges feel like? And how to deal with them?

Anyone?

Mine mostly come from frustration. When I get frustrated or angry I always have the urge to hurt myself. Also sometimes it is for punishing myself. Heck sometimes I do it for no reason at all which is weird and crazy but oh well, I am just an odd person I guess.

Mine either appear suddenly when I'm angry or upset, or they creep up on me. Usually, the better my day has been, the more urge-ridden my night will be. I would describe it as an overpowering, overwhelming need to do something. And mostly... Waiting it out seems to work, at least for a while. You might want to take a look at this site!

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Thank you so much for sharing.

I find the whole "urge" thing really confusing. People speak of urges and I don't know if what I experience is anything like that.

I'd say I feel urges when an intense thought or emotion comes that I can't deal with, and it's then I feel compelled to hurt myself to stop it. But I don't really feel the need to self harm at any other time.

I think for me, SH doesn't feel real. When my life gets too much and I want to get away from it, I SH to get rid of what I was feeling before so that im just focused on the SH.

I think urges to me are just when i feel like i really need to get away from everything, and I cant really concentrate on anything other that so its kinda like i urgently need to SH. Not sure if any of that really makes sense :-/

i have the urge when i get stressed out when i dont think im doing college work right or something has gone wrong. i also get them when im angry or have been alone for a certain amount of time.

My urges are extremely common around 10pm at night regardless how good the day has been. The urges then just carry on till I either act on them or fall asleep. But they can be set off during the day by most negative emotions. They just feel like someone is clawing at my insides causing me great grief and pain that makes me have to decide what is worse SH or the intense gut churning pain

When I develop urges, it is extremely difficult to think of doing anything else. I do it to feel something I consider to be good. It distracts me from every thought. I usually self-injure when something bad happens that really depresses me or makes me angry. I take it out on myself. Like, I crave it whenever I don't feel good enough and then I find myself wanting to self-injure whenever I'm happy because I'm afraid that happiness will not last at all.