I've been self harming on and off for 14 years now. It started off as a 7year old, when I would nip my arm till it bled under extreme pressure, usually if my father was shouting. The emotions I was feeling I couldn't handle. From then it's escalated. I've been "cutting" for 8 years on and off now, when I was 13-15 it was an addiction and ever since then it's again, under extreme stress and I use it to regulate my moods if nothing else has worked. Over the last 6 months, the newest form of self-harm I've encountered is punching and biting myself during my temper tantrums and periods and anger because I do not know how to control it.

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