First time you ever experimented with self-harm?

I didn't even know why I did it. It's like it was the only thing that made me feel alive- to remind me I was still here. To break the skin and watch the blood. However while others are insecure about their scars, I loved mine. They made me fear like a warrior.

I didn't even know why I did it. It's like it was the only thing that made me feel alive- to remind me I was still here. To break the skin and watch the blood. However while others are insecure about their scars, I loved mine. They made me fear like a warrior.

I remember the first time I thought about cutting myself. And instantly believed that I was the kind of coward that would never tolerate seeing all the hurt and blood. Years later I tried with a knife and with the time it became an addiction. Its been a month since the last time I cut myself and theres not a day that I dont think about doing it.

I experimented with it since grade 7 buy didn't seriously start harming till the middle of grade 9. For me it was a way to release all the feeling of inadequatecy. When I broke skin it allowed me to become normal,all of the things I hated about my self disappeared. I was lucky my mom found out AL fee months after I seriously started harming and I never cut to deep and I found some help. I don't really feel comfortable sharing more this is my first post on here

I started cutting when I was thirteen. I tried it with a safety pin, I loved seeing the blood drip, and in that one moment I felt in control. I found razors and used those, but when those were taken away by my dad, it was easier to find pencil sharpeners and take them apart. I am now a couple months clean of cutting and I am trying my best to stay strong

I first self harmed when I was 9 that was just biting, pinching, and punching but when I was 11 it got more serious with burning and cutting I have never cut too deep and I'm trying my hardest to stay strong

It was a few months ago, and I dug my fingernails really hard into my stomach and scratched my skin, it almost broke the skin. I still have a mark, and I'm so scared for bikini season.

It was 2 years ago. I was 13 and I even don't understand what i was doing. The only thing that I know was that I needed it. The first time was the most painful. And I've got still a big scar. I was feeling hopeless,stupid,ugly and disgusting. In my own mind I was a shit and something had to smash me.

hi, first time here been cutting for a year and a half

I first got into self harm when i was really young. I would bite the insides of my cheeks until i could taste blood and i would nervously scratch my hands and arms. I started actually cutting in the 6th grade and from there i would cut all down my legs to my ankles, up my arms to the shoulder, and on my stomach occasionally.