I think it has a lot to do with the knowledge of what one can survive, what one can look after at home, what one can get away with.

If you self-harm & you see or hear of people doing greater damage to themselves, you are bound to try it.

One of my greatest gripes with my psychiatrist was that he would describe what other patients had done & yes, it shifted it to a whole new level. Then again, he often talked about trich & eds yet that was never triggering.

*shuts up*