I feel so guilty right now. I just found out about another friend who started self injuring. That’s two people I know and have talked to about it. I wonder if I triggered it. I’ve known them both for a few years and they know all about my self injury issue. One of them I’ve shown and talked to about in detail, she asked, I didn’t offer. One is in her late teens and one is in her thirties married with kids. Two very different places in life. I can’t help but feel responsible. I know I didn’t give them the idea, both did it for the first time in middle school and stopped. I feel like my talking about it may have trigggered it again though. I had no clue. Maybe I should walk around with a “warning: could be triggering to some” sign hanging around my neck.
I understand the guilt you’re experiencing. I too feel like I have caused my two closest friends to injure. That guilt affected me so much that it made me even worse. I’ll tell you what someone once told me: people make their own decisions. You did not hold a tool to them and force them to injure, that was their own choice. Don’t worry, the guilt goes away in time.
thanks 🙂