📝 AITAH for getting upset with my friend for triggering me?

By Successful_Trip_4583 • Score: 3 • April 16, 2025 2:02 AM


So basically for some context, my friend and I both struggle with SH. I am working towards getting better and she knows that. We both know each others triggers and seeing fresh cuts is a trigger for both of us. Yesterday, she came into school, with her sleeves pushed up to her upper forearms to show many cuts along her arm. I was obviously concerned but I was also affected and triggered by this. I could barely feel my legs, my ears were ringing, and all i could think about was relapsing. I told her that I was triggered at lunch and she covered them for a while, but when I saw her in the hall less than 30 minutes later, her sleeves were back pushed up. My other friend was borrowing “Girl In Pieces” from her, but she asked for it back. Totally understandable, but she carried it around school to show people she was reading it, even though she had already read it. She told most people in our grade what happened because they were visible and she was not keeping it a secret. She walked around school flaunting them off like they were some trophy. In English, we were working on our project when I slightly tried to pull her sleeve down and in a pleading tone said “please…” in which she responded with “If it bothers you that much just don’t look at it.” This honestly pissed me off because out of everyone she should understand. She refused to get a bandage or pull her sleeve down or even just put her arm behind her back. She was worried about an “infection” from our school uniform hoodie, but they aren’t really deep enough to get infected or get any fuzz from the hoodie in them. My other friend and I talked about how attention seeking this was but we can’t really say anything to her because she’ll play the victim card and spiral. So AITAH for being so upset? Also should we talk to her about why this isn’t okay?

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