no, i was bullied and i started self harming a year after it stopped. I used to get all my anger out by shouting back (bad move - only made it worse) then a year after it stopped, i had no release so self harming because it and im still doing it now! i started in 2010 and bullying finished in september 2009 (end of yr 8) then begining of yr 10 i started SHing (sep 2010)