Ian........it is so addictive, don't let it get ahold of you. I cut so that I know that I am alive, that even though I feel dead inside I must be alive - obviously since I bleed.

As far as I know, there is no "average" - it depends on how stressed you are. The deeper you go, the more pain you will feel. Don't keep doing it, please. There are other ways of coping other than SI, at least my T is trying to get me to see that.

Post here, focus on this - not cutting, please.

Mary Alice