I used to cut pretty regularly in my early 20's, when I was under a lot of pressure to perform. After that I tried to quit for two years and that was hard. I was residential for an eating disorder at the time and every time I'd give my tools to my therapist I'd go out and get more. But eventually, finally, I thought I won. Cutting wasn't even attractive to me, and I didn't want people to think of me with all the negative connotation that cutters get.

But suddenly, I'm cutting again, and it feels just as satisfying as it did when I was 20. Except now I'm 33. I feel way too old to be doing this.

Has anyone ever had such a long gap and then returned to cutting/self harming?