Tishie,
I'm very glad that you decided not to cut. I don't think that age plays a part in this, maybe if you look back at your life you can see other areas where you did SI - it may have not been cutting but possibly an eating disorder, scratching, pushing your body too hard etc...I did not start "cutting" until I was in my late 30's, but the signs were there from other ways I had SI'd - eating disorders etc...

The thing is that now you know and can start to deal with what is going on. Do you have a therapist? A doctor? Someone that you can get a referral to so that you can start talking about what is going on.

It takes a lot of courage to come here and admit what is going on - so YIPPEE for you - but now the next step is finding some help so that you don't feel so alone and can find other ways of dealing with the pain and uncertainity.

Keep us posted...