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Originally Posted by Msboot
I'm ashamed and embarrassed that I didn't start cutting until I was in my 40's. I had an eating disorder in my teens and was diagnosed with severe depression. Did anyone else start cutting later in life or am I the only weird one?
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So...I am only 26 but I
totally get where you are coming from. It wasn't later in "life" but later in
my life. I never cut before college, where I cut once when I was about 19 and then never again until last year (age 25) when it hit full force. It isn't "older" but it is over that "average cusp". Also, now that i'm dealing with it as an adult - I really have a hard time feeling like people/resources even care. It seems everything is targeted to teens/adolescents and it does occasionally make be feel like i'm "too old" for this. Haven't found a solution yet - but I do want you to know you are not weird or alone. I also considered that many more adults do it than realized but they don't seek help (shame or lack of awareness of resources) or they just don't feel like its a problem or heck, maybe thats just what I want to believe. I don't know.
