What is the relationship between thoughts and SI?
You may not be aware of this fact, but most likely your thoughts follow a predictable cycle throughout the course of SI. Thoughts before SI There are many things going through your mind before you hurt yourself. You are probably aware of some of these thoughts such as how you are going to hurt yourself, where you’re going to, or even thinking about if you’re even going to hurt yourself after all. However you are probably having many other thoughts that you may not even be aware of. These thoughts are often the ‘primary sources of motivation to hurt yourself.’ Therefore, if you are going to change your behavior you will have to identify and understand the thoughts you have before hurting yourself.