When I was in 8th grade, so about when I was 13. I don't remember how I started, or why I thought it was a good idea, I wish I knew, so I could make more sense of it, but I knew what self harm was and figured, "hey, if it dulls other people's pain, maybe it'll dull mine." Terrible way of looking at it, obviously. But yeah that was on and off for the first few months, then I did it for a few months straight in nine grade, and stopped. And then picked up two or three months later and continued to, until 10th grade, when I found a release in someone who was there for me, and I just recently relapsed in the past month, and just starting burning, because I figured also, hey cutting really didn't do it for me, maybe this will take care of the pain, clearly I never learn.