When did you start SI?

I as under ten when I started, but it was minor stuff. Most of my SI came more in my twenties and now I'm 50. So far, it's been since July without cutting.

Good for you!! Thanks for sharing!

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I started cutting when I was 12 years old

I started at 13.

I cut for the first time when I was like, I don't know, thirteen? I'm nineteen now and a lot of it was 'On/Off', you know? Like, I'd cut most days for about three months, then I'd try \nd stop and last a month or less and only do it once or twice for a little while and then, boom, I'd be back doing it everyday again and that was how it went. I'm twenty in two months and it's pretty hit and miss - I only do it when I need to; once a month or less often. I get scared that one day I'll fall back into it, well and truly though and eh, I don't want that.

I don't want it either, and it's scary to think I've continued to do something I always said I would never do. I hope you are successful in quitting!

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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.

I think I first cut when i was 13-16 I dunno. It happened infrequently as I got older and started dealing with my issues. But the last two years (I'm 23 now) I've had several bad things happen, I'm going threw a divorce, my job is awful, ect. So I've started cutting again.
For me It's a stress thing.

So maybe you have some kind of stress or life altering event?

That was exactly my frame of mind when I started. I had read about it and thought, hey, if it works for other people maybe it will work for me. So, you are not alone!

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Well at the time I didnt think it would qualify as SI, but I started in the 11th grade when I was about 17. It all started with plenty of nights crying myself to sleep because I was so stressed out by school (which was taking a toll on my self esteem) and one night I was so frustrated I just started to claw the heck out of my arms, almost unconciously. Needless to say, it made me feel better and calm so I found other ways to hurt myself that wouldnt be as obvious (I had marks on my arms for days and several people would ask how I got them and when I would lie and say it was an accident they would look at me suspiciously.)

I pretty much kept up with my SI through college on and off and didnt really stop "for good" until I was about 23. But I did relapse once or twice between then and now, although in the past five months its gotten bad again. I dont do it as often as I did once upon a time (because my style then gave me a wardrobe that made it easier to hide), but I would say its pretty bad and I am 27 now.

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