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First time you ever experimented with self-harm?

User Profile: Laura
Laura December 10th, 2014

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July 20th, 2015

I was just a kid... I think I was 11 or something. I start with knifes and then with cutter at 15. Now Im 24, everything that cut works for me.

User Profile: CrazyAngel
CrazyAngel July 20th, 2015

Self harm comes in many forms, cutting is the one everyone reconises. ive done it 3 times but it felt wrong. my self harm isnt so visible but its been a process for 32 yrs of my life.

User Profile: MaxRox0903
MaxRox0903 July 20th, 2015

The first time I have self harmed myself was a few weeks ago I was feeling depressed, and normally I like to go though old things in my house, so that's what I did. But when I was going to though and old box of stuff, I found a razor. I cut myself on my shoulder, to see if I could still feel pain. I mean it hurt, but not the way I thought it would, i thought it would be way worse, so I guess you could say I can't. Not I have several scars on my shoulder.

User Profile: whitechocolatemocha
whitechocolatemocha July 20th, 2015

The first time I self-harmed I was about 11. I don't really remember. But I know I was young, and I hurt a lot. It was on my wrist, and I patched it up with gauze so everyone could see. I was young, naive, and not very smart. I told people it was a burn from making macaroni. Even though they were cuts. I told my mom and step dad they were from my puppy. They didn't believe me but didn't do anything about it.

User Profile: starryRiver83
starryRiver83 August 5th, 2015

I have self harmed in the past, when things were extremely difficult for me. I used scissors and would slice into my hand until I had caused some bleeding. It has always been in that area that I self harmed, I would cut it, burn it. I didn't really think I was doing harm to myself, just releasing some emotional pain that I had, but even though the marks weren't deep, I still have them and would have to come up with ridiculous excuses for why they were there.

User Profile: Jenniferroseh98
Jenniferroseh98 August 7th, 2015

I was 13 and this boy I 'loved' I knew self-harmed but he was with another girl and it made me upset so I decided to try it. Now I wish I never did. Self harm can be very addictive

User Profile: TheMadHatterWasHere
TheMadHatterWasHere August 7th, 2015

Was when I got pressed in class and digged my nails into my skin. It helped but...

August 28th, 2015

When I was 12-13 years old.

August 31st, 2015

For me it was when I was 12 or 13.
The funny thing was that the thing that got me into it was a stupid accident. Didn't take me long to do it on purpose then though :/

User Profile: Faeriequeen13
Faeriequeen13 September 2nd, 2015

The first time I cut was when I was 12, I had wanted to try it for a while and one day my friend admitted that she did it. Suddenly it didn't seem like it was so bad so I tried it that day. I'm 16 now and I still do it sometimes. I've never really been addicted to it, but I use it as a way to punish myself when I feel its necessary.