That's possible. I guess I don't really think I was mistreated; I was just really sensitive to how anyone (parents, family, friends, classmates, teachers, etc.) reacted to me. I think I wanted to belong and felt different and hypersensitive to emotions, even when they probably weren't there. Cutting is my natural instinct when I am overwhelmed, mess up something, etc. It's not necessarily when someone else does something; it's me.