Okay, first off, I truly think I deserve the "lurker of the year" award, having joined way back in February, introed myself, apparently responded to some messages (or maybe to folks welcoming me) and never coming back. so...do not feel obligated to reply to this message - though I do plan on checking out the forum more often from now on...just for the record and so you at leas tknow me , I'm going to do the whole introing stuff once again: I'm Astrid, aged nearly 20 and live int he Netherlands in something called a independent living training home for people with disabilities (I'm blind). No mental heatlh dx, but have been self-injuring for as long as I remember, have alter personlaities though I think I wouldn't meet the criteria for DID cause I don't lose time, have had some problems that I recently realized might be anxiety-related but not at all sure, and have now been wondering about some behavioural problems for 8 1/2 years...in other words, some people call me a hypochondraic (unless they think I'm not going to take their concerns about my mental health seriously) but I still don't think I am. So that's it pretty much for now.