it seems to happen with younger teen girls more often... but sometimes they dont grow out of it and continue onward into adulthood

young teen boys will do it too just not as prevalent as girls...

there are a list of reasons people do it, its a little different for each one i think...

for me its a private thing, no one knows about it... i dont talk about it, its a shameful thing... its private... dont share any pictures or brag about scars or anything like that...
i dont understand it completely myself honestly, just that it happens to me sometimes...
i first started around 19 i guess, been off and on back and forth ... thought i had quit for good a while back but relapsed lately... im 26 so it isn't just something confused kids are doing...

some people do though, like to brag and share and compare and blablabla... i dont know why they like to brag about something like that and show off how bad their last cut was... that kind of behavior seems to stem from some form of acceptance... and fueling each others desire to continue cutting... i dont encourage it at all, its not something that should be played with or joked about or compared or shared or whatever they are doing...

its really hard for someone that has never done it before to understand and its equally hard for me to try to explain any kind of reasoning behind it...

its an addiction in most cases, why someone starts? thats up in the air... i started because i feel alot of pain and have been miserable for a long time... dont know what i was thinking when i first did it though, i cant remember many things ever, i forget everything so...

its just an unhealthy coping mechanism that some people start doing and abusing for the most part...