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all I can say is get help while your younger.........I am 47 and have been SIing since i was 14 and the longer you do something the HARDER it is to quit...........so get help now while your still young.....to me it feels so good to finally be in control of something in my life....but yet sometimes it does not even hurt me....that is because I have been doing it for so long.... I would not wish this on anyone....I only wish I could have gotten help when I was younger and maybe I would not be struggling so much with it now being older....
just wanted you to know your not alone....I do understand why you do it and like others have said it is not a good coping way....wish I could say something to encourage you to get help while your still young....you do not want to be my age and still doing it and trying to stop in therapy now....it is hard
take care and keep posting and get those feelings out...that helps me sometimes....