Triggering (SI) - why do people take pictures of SI?
I honestly don't understand it. On facebook and some other networks, when you go to groups about SI awarness or support groups there are pictures of people's cuts. Not even like old scars. Like fresh, no first aid, still bleeding ones. How could you even think of taking a picture of that? How does that even cross your mind? "Hey! I'm going to take a picture of the torture I put myself through and then put it on facebook for then entire WORLD to see" I can't even show old scars without getting very paranoid and upset. To take a picture, never mind putting it up on the internet is so foreign to me, I would never even consider it! I don't think they realize how triggering and upsetting it is to see those types of pictures! Even someone who doesn't get triggered easily would be by some of those pictures. I kind of understand taking pictures of scars. So that you have that proof when they fade what you went through, or so that you can see how they are getting better. But fresh open cuts?!? I think they need to be banned from facebook, I really do.
Did you know that facebook thinks pictures of mothers breastfeeding their babies is wrong? That's rediculouse. How can breastfeeding be wrong, but SI isn't.
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Hey there,
I kind of agree with you then yet again no i dont.
It isnt very fair people post triggering pictures but it could be their way of reaching out to others. And to show themselves what they are doing. A girl i know posts pictures of her SI to show herself what she is doing to herself, its a reminder that she doesnt want to be that anymore.
I dont think they should be so easily posted on facebook, but its fine in specialised sites made for SI.
Everyone copes in different ways and i guess when people posts those pictures its another way to release whats bottles up inside... its their voice...
i dont know... i dont make much sense.
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Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
I don't think people should put them on facebook as there may be no warning that they are going be to shown and therefore can be triggering and also cause upset in those that don't SH. But if people want to post them on a forum for SHers I don't see that much wrong with it because there can be warnings and stuff so people triggered by them don't look. I used to get triggered by pictures of SH purely because I knew theyt were SH; if I was told they weren't (the ones that were less obviously SH) I know I wouldn't have got triggered by them because seeing cuts/ blood in general has no triggering effect on me but I realise that may be different.
People have different ways of expressing there feelings. For some it's writing it down and posting about it, others keeps it very priate and some may post photo's. I could never post photo's but neither could I post a blog of what's going on or put a post on R&V; I'm just not like that. But for others, posting pics of their SH may make it seem more real andtherefore might help them to get past it or put that cut behind them (as we've all heard of or experienced cutting when the person has felt guilty for it) so for that individual it may help. I have taken a couple of photo's of fresh cuts and of my scars. They all got deleted from my camera a few days later and I'd have hated it if people saw them. For me it was so that I could see what I'd done at one point in my life and see what I've gone through. Now that my scars are starting to heal and I'm recovering I am wishing I'd kept the pictures to prove to myself that it did get back but I'm not as bad now; it would have really helped yesterday but I didn't. It's all about different ways of coping and IF there are warnings before you see the picture I don't see a problem with it if it has helped the individual that took the photo's to get through it.
I think that people that put scars like that up on FB and stuff are just looking for attention or sympathy. Honestly, as mean as it sounds, it's one thing to put Icons and stuff from photobucket and other sites like that of photoshopped SI, but real legit SI? Come on. They are so obviously lookng for some attension someone had better give it to them.
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I personally take pics, but don't post them anywhere, i keep them for me. i know its very weird, but i don't know why i do it. but i think that posting them in the internet is wrong.
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Facebook doesn't allow pictures of breastfeeding, but SH pictures are no problem? That really is ridiculous.
I've taken pictures before, but I've never posted them. I find the pictures comforting to look at when I want to SH again, and sometimes it stops me. Kinda like - I've damaged myself enough recently, so it's ok, it can wait a while before I have to do it again. Sometimes, if I don't have a reminder, I forget how badly I hurt myself.
The people who post them, I guess each of them has slightly different reasons. If it is for attention, then they really are in need of help, and I hope that they get given some.
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Facebook doesn't allow pictures of breastfeeding, but SH pictures are no problem? That really is ridiculous.
I've taken pictures before, but I've never posted them. I find the pictures comforting to look at when I want to SH again, and sometimes it stops me. Kinda like - I've damaged myself enough recently, so it's ok, it can wait a while before I have to do it again. Sometimes, if I don't have a reminder, I forget how badly I hurt myself.
The people who post them, I guess each of them has slightly different reasons. If it is for attention, then they really are in need of help, and I hope that they get given some.
I can understand what you mean here. Kinda like, if you have some kind of proof of what you have done, you have something to actually show what you have done - you might not need to do it as bad. You can look back and think about it..... I'm not explaining it very well am I.
I have never posted a picture, or shown anyone a picture. I have however taken pictures. I don't know why. It isn't because I am proud. It isn't because I want attention. It isn't because I like what I do. It isn't because I want to be reminded. I think it is for when - or if - I stop..... I will be able to look back. I might be able to show a couple of people who I really want to make it better - just how much I was hurting inside, and outside. Just how much I needed them to stop me, make it better. Not to hurt them, and not for attention.... Just so they know what was happening was real. And I really needed someone to stop me. Need someone to stop me.
Sometimes I just look back at what I have done, what I deserve really I suppose.
I wouldn't post them on a site though. They are triggering and that isn't fair to other people. I also wouldn't want people to be seeing them - they are me, the most secret bits and that would be like totally showing myself, opening up my whole world and putting it on show. For anyone and everyone to see. I don't want anyone to know what I have done, do and will do.
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its wrong for people to do it - bt its the same reason people put pictures of themselves on pro ana sites (i dont use facebook so dont know). ive personally never taken any myself. thought the internet is an escape and somewhere to not be yourself so its easier to do that sorta thing - we talk on here about our si but wouldnt do it randomly on the street - same sorta thing i guess.
I take pictures.
I find that when i'm triggered but in a situation where i really can't cut, i look at them and think of what i can do to myself and the urge will go a bit.
To be honest, if people don't like seeing pictures of SI, don't go on these networks. It's an individual's choice whether they want to look at them or not. No one is going to make you. Also, on facebook SI communities, all pictures have to go behind a cut so you actually have to make the choice to look at them, their not shoved in your face.
I've posted pictures onece before, because i was worried they were infected and i'd rather show people i dont know and never met than people colser to me. People on the network encouraged me to get medical attention, which i probably wouldnt have done without someone elses advice.
I used to take pictures when my cutting was really bad. I'm not sure why I did it...perhaps so I could look at them and see what I had done and that would deter me again. I do think that anything like that made public should have a trigger warniing if nothing else. I never showed anyone the pictures I took tho...
I used to post pictures on a pro site I used to go on. Sometimes I used to compare mine to others and it would make me feel pretty worthless, but I'd see some and think "whoa mines worse" (this is when I was quite ill). The worse pictures I took I didnt put up because I was put in hospital because of the injuries, I just left them on my phone and it eventually got deleted as I was recovering. I still have some pictures on a photobucket that is passworded and I never go into.
What I guess I'm saying, is that I know why people put up pictures. It was my way of saying "look how bad I'm feeling". Not the best way of dealing with things, but its just how I did.
i take pics. but i dont let anoyne else see them. i would never put them on facebook that is so carzy. why would people do that. i do it for me no one else.
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weird. i dont agree the whole world needs to see. It must be attention seeking otherwise they would keep the pictures private. it people take pics and keep them personal, then fine, each to their own. but yeah no need really x
Why do people post pictures of themselves on the internet and not keep them to themselves? Are they all attention seeking? No. It is a little narrow minded that you say that. And I've just realised you said sorry. Apology accepted.
sorry i am being a bit ratty here. not in the best of moods. i just wondered why people do it thats all .. if you could explain i'd be extremely greatful
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I'm not explaining it very well am I.
And I really needed someone to stop me. Need someone to stop me.
