Originally Posted by
wonderful_feeling
You say this, and I agree with you in this sense, but do you see the
decision to self harm a rational thought, or do you act on impulse?
I'm actually genuinely interested in these answers because we're looking at influence and that sort of thing in my Psychology at school atm
I see the decision as rational because I weigh all my options at the moment, which is either cut and get over it or dwell on something that's bothering me for days and not get any better. I've never been triggered as in "if I don't cut myself right now I will die" or anything, nothing urgent. It's always been a conscience decision for me.