Hey im Maddison aka Maddy
ive been cutting for a while but when i recently started doing some research on SI i learned that there were things i was doing in the past that were classifed in the same category as hurting yourself which shocked me cuz i never knew but i have been cut free for almost two months and i hope i stay that way... i dont get support from my family but i have one really good friend and if it wasnt for her being through the same she prbly could have not pulled me out of mine.. it took her twice once i relapsed and cut real bad that night, but she was there for me and now im going on two months and i beileve i will stay that way

Heya im alasey.... real name nt guna say coz i dnt wnt nobosy i knw to find out anyways been SIing for bwt 6 months on and off some weeks ill do it every nite others i wnt even do it just depends really h mmm yea

hey i'm breezy i cut for only 2-3 months b4 ppl found out. i did the whole hevy eyeliner but stopped coz i hated that ppl made fun of me and called me out. my ex bf made fun of me all the time even w/out the eyeliner. omg i wish i had a camra when i finally showed him. and then he shut up and quit calling me emo which is all i wanted in the first place. yea thats all you need to know.

My name is Gayne.I started cutting then soon burning at the age of 9.
I've just joined this group today.
As of this July 23rd (assuming I make it till then)I will have 4 yrs.from self-injury!

Hey,
I'm Allison, I have been cutting for 6 months on and off. I change my style when I want. So people call me emo,punk,slutty.. Whatever you can think of.. My parents know and sent me to a couslour.. Wich really dosnt help me.. I do want recovery. And I want to go in a center for cutters so I can get better. So yeah:) Oh.. im 14:P

my name is mecca, and im 26, i have been cutting and burning myself since i was 14. i still havent fully understood why i self harm, but in the process of trying to figure it out, i dont want to do this anymore, im sick of hiding the scars. my 13year old brother has noticed and made some comments about them, im scared to talk to him about it straight up, but i dont want him to think that it is ok either. im definitely in a pickle right now... my family does know, they dont really talk about it, to me anyways and when they do they are mean and yell at me cuz they dont understand it, and i cant even explain it to them... some of my scars are quite noticeable and i hate having to explain them, especially to a nurse or a doctor, even when im not even there for anything remotely close to the scars of cuts or burns. sometimes they need to mind their own business!! well that seems like about it, want to know anything else, feel free to ask!

im tara and im 23 in two weeks (so old!) i have been self harming since i was 17 and have spent loads of time in psych wards. been out of hospital for 2 and a half months mow and havent SI for 3 months. am really trying to get better.

I know two people who have cut in the past. They are both close to me, don't like to talk about it. I am not judgmental (on this subject), but I want to understand. So I read your posts, but do not comment. The idea of cutting makes me cringe and I would not want anyone to get hurt. I think it is great that you have this place to discuss the subject.

I am Sarah and I am 22. I cut myself for around 7 years, but started with other self harm at the age of around 8 or so, and continued up until last year. I have not cut since September, but the feelings are still really strong :( Sometimes I think I'm gunna give in, but I never do. I'm just tired of this feeling.

i have been cutting since my freshman year in high school and i just graduated so that would make it about 4 years or so. i have been in and out of the hospital since my sophmore year and just got out of my most recent stay of 6 months mayish. i have not cut in about 3 months not excluding one minor slip up, that did not even require stiches. during my sophmore year i was kicked out of my school and sent to specail program for kids with mental illnesses (that did not need physical intervention). i graduated this year with my regents diploma and start college soon. need any encouragement jjust let me know.

Im lorren. (pronounced lauren- blame my parents) im 16 and iv been cutting kind of on and off since i was about 12. Over the past year its definatly been more on than off.
I kept everything inside for a very long time, then a girl at my school became my friend at the begining of this school year and she encouraged me to open up. The only problem is, now alot of people know kinda about my issues. And ppl aren't very nice.
I have alot of problems, stemming from alot of reasons. My parents have no clue. It would bring nothing but bad if they found out.
Anyway, i jst joined this group so, hey everyone.

Heyy.
I'm another newbie, the names A M Y!
Ermm...i started cutting when i was fourteen, i've ODd a few times, when i was younger like eight of something i used to do stuff like punch myself, bash my head against the wall, throw myself down the stairs and i even tryd to scratch my face off, but when i was doing all that i wasnt aware that i was even self harming, i did it cos my so-called parents argue all the f*ckin time and i always used to cry but they kept on telling me it was only weak people that cry so i hurt myself instead.
I also got told like everyday by my brother that i was fat, even though i realise now i actually wasnt and i got bullied at primary school for being fat aswell.
Throughout school i got bullied a bit cos i'm a girl and i play football and i could tackle them, i guess they were just jealous.
But i did like school on the whole.

Amy x

I am Sarah. I used to cut myself for about 7 years. I had been harming in some sort of form for 14 years. Right now, I have not cut for 1 year. I am still finding it really hard, as the thoughts never go away, and have been close to cutting on several occasions :(

Hey

I dont feel overly comfortable giving my actual name (for trust reasons) so just call me Morose-Mary or Morose or Mary i really dont care. I've been cutting since i was 14 on and off in patches i suppose. I suffer from depression or so i'm told. I cut because i dont understand my feelings of great anguish and great hatred towards life in gerneral. I often see life as a big black pit that we all fall into. Of course on a rare occasion i believe we can get ourselves out of these black pits, not by finding the meaning of life but by becoming strong and saying "No, i aint doing this anymore! I'm not a sheep to be falling down into a pit like the rest!" of course i'm sure it takes alot to get out of it. I guess my outlook on life really plays a lot on my cutting. Question is, am i really ready to change it? I dont know to be honest.

Well i just went on and on so in conclusion thats me

Morose-Mary

well my name is Larissa and ive been cuttin my self for 3 months now... i didn't do for attention.. i get so mad when people te;ll me that..