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Self-injury (sometimes called “self-harm”) involves harming yourself on purpose. Some examples include cutting or burning yourself, taking an overdose of pills, or banging your head. Right now, very little is known about why people start or stop self-harming. The Personality ( Read more... )

Hi.  My name is Tamara and I am new to this community.  It has been a couple years since I last injured myself.  I have been doing much better and have surrounded myself with things and people that make me happy and feel more positive.  I have always found comfort in writing.  Writing has helped me get through a lot of the struggles that I have ( Read more... )

Name: Ryn
Age: 16
Location: Asia
Sex: female
Do you want to stop? Yes.
How long have you been cutting? um...about 3yrs
How long since you last cut? a week or so
Reason behind cutting: I don't know, the reasons are too many and too random
Have you sought help, explain: I tried to ask help from some of my friends, but they just don't understand what I'm ( Read more... )

uhm so this is my first entry.

Name: Nicole
Age: 15
Location: canada
Sex: female
Do you want to stop? i wish i never started
How long have you been cutting? 3 years.
How long since you last cut? 20 hours ?
Reason behind cutting: too many . i cant help it.
Have you sought help, explain: from a couple friends. no use .
Where do you cut? wrists, sometimes ( Read more... )

So I buy a dress over the weekend, and I'm having one of those moments where I'm thinking "Wow, I look really pretty right now.  Too bad I can't wear it out in public."  Does that happen to the rest of you?  A year ago, I never would have bought anything like a dress, or anything really besides a t-shirt.  But I'm finally to the point where I'm  ( Read more... )

Yo guys, here's another newbie to the community :)
Name: Jen / Luna, I don't mind
Age: Attempting to keep this hidden
Location: Finland
Sex: Yes please.. I mean, female.
Do you want to stop? At times, I do. But there's no other way currently.
How long have you been cutting? ~4 years
How long since you last cut? Two weeks
Reason behind cutting: According ( Read more... )

Name: Here: Autumn. (Real name: ask me)
Age: 20
Location: Europe
Sex: Female

Do you want to stop? I want to get control over it, yes. But for stopping it's too early.
How long have you been cutting? About 10 years.
How long since you last cut? Yesterday. -.- Before that it was 2 months.

Reason behind cutting: Many reasons. But I guess most of all the ( Read more... )

Name: Kristen.
Age: 16.
Location: Doesn't matter.
Sex: Female.

Do you want to stop? I don't know, at times yes, at others, no.
How long have you been cutting? About 5 years.
How long since you last cut? Two weeks.

Reason behind cutting: It's how I started dealing with things.

Have you sought help, explain: Yes and no, not professionally.

Where do you cut? ( Read more... )

Today is my twenty-first birthday.  I've been shit on royally by my stepmom, and I'm stuck away from home dogsitting her puppy until Thursday.  My mom is upset that I couldn't spend more than about an hour with her today.  My car got broken into last night, and even though nothing was missing, I'm seriously pissed the fuck off about it and really ( Read more... )

I thought I was doing so well with self injury. I had my emotions under control and I was in a much better mental state... not just for a short period of time, but for several months. I had quit cutting in late March and not had a single relapse ( Read more... )