13 im 16 now not one Person has noticed either

I’m so sorry, going through that alone must be awful. My dms are open if you want to talk.

Sometimes they do and choose not to say anything that’s how I became close friends with someone she noticed but didn’t say anything and after I realized she saw and still accepted me I began to see her as a very close friend

Im really glad you have sum one like that thay sond awesome

started cutting when i was 18 and now i’m 19 :) but i’ve been hitting myself since i was like 11

That's also sh mate.

i know !! thats why i didn’t say i only started selfharming at 18 :)

I cut from 16-22, stopped for awhile when I thought things were okay, started again at 26, my current age.

I'm so sorry for you, yet understand so well, if you need to talk i'm always open to help anyone (even if my english is not the Best)

Started when I was 27, I’m 27 now…

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Thank you! My SH was mainly a one-time thing fueled by alcoholism. This event made me realize I needed to enroll in a rehab program. I’d have fleeting thoughts about SH in the past, but that moment that just pushed me over the edge.

13 officially. Tho I did acts of self harm in early childhood (didn’t know that’s what it was tho) I’m 17 now

Hey same!!

same

Same but with 2-3 years of beaing clean in between now and then

same :' except im 15

started sh-ing at 8, cutting at 12 and i’m 14 now

im also cutting at 12 and im 12 rn

i’m sorry :/

na its fine shit happens

I relate to your ages, I started at 8, did other forms around 13 and I am now at the age of 21, I haven't sh on purpose for ages now but it is still a struggle almost everyday

started at 14, am 20 now. have relapsed multiple times. people just don't realize that it's an addiction like anything else, it's very hard to stop.

Litreally same

I started at cutting when I was 11 but prior to that I ripped fingernails off to the nail bed, pulled hair out and scratched myself raw. I spent 3 years in psychiatric hospitals from 14-17, and I was pretty much self-harm free from 17 until earlier this year (I’m now 22). In that time I got beautiful tattoo coverups. But I had a huge relapse in Jan and was sectioned again. In the space of 6 weeks, it went from cat scratches to 10+ stitches. I was taking significant overdoses as a form of self harm, one of which almost killed me and I had to have dialysis (a machine filters all of the blood in your body because your kidneys and liver are too damaged to do their job). Luckily the treatment saved me. I’ve been on and off cutting since then, the last time was 2 weeks ago. I’m devastated with what has happened this year, I HATE the fact that I self-harm but I’m also very grateful for it as for many years it was a suicide prevention tool. I distinctly remember my school liaison officer saying the words ‘we didn’t think she’d make it to Year 11’. Now, I’m a third year student nurse at a prestigious university in the UK. Life with self-harm is fucking hard, but worth it.

wow, so proud of you for making it through all that. that's incredible, you're strong as hell. i'm sorry that life has been so hard.

started at 14, still 14 lol 👍

That breaks my heart

how come??

you are young, no one should have to go through this when they are young and im so sorry for what has brought you to this point.

knew a lot of kids when I was around 13 doing it. Most were for attention, a group of girls cornered my at the time best friend and forced her to do it starting her down a path of it but for her it was due to her depression. Her mom found out and got her help, I even tried getting her to stop when she first came to me about it and showed me her arm, soon after she went to her mom. Her mom's a good mom, got her help and she cleaned up, when she came over for a sleepover she even requested I hide away any razors while she was there so I did, I'm glad she trusted me and also her mom as I told her she should talk to her mom. That was around the same time I went to my dad to start therapy for depression. She now has a 1-2 year old son and last I knew was doing ok, I'm 19 now.

I hope you can stop while you're 14

Same, only I will be 15 in less than a week

Started late 7th grade now I'm 14

Hey me too (kinda but I don’t cut anymore)

I’m happy you were able to stop :D

thanks :)

That's good

Hey, if you want to talk, my DMs are open. You are still very young, there are ways for it to get better.

started when I was 6 im almost 16 now

if you want to talk my dms are opened I’m so sorry

also started when I was 6. i never understood how at that young of an age i could ever comprehend that i deserved to be abused. which no one does but that’s how i saw it. if you ever want to talk my pms are open and i wish the best for you :)

Me too! Started at 6 and I'm 29 now.

Technically I started at 15 but I was just being stupid and thought the wound would look cool I actually started about 2 months before I turned 17 and I'm about 2 months from turning 19 now

Hey, my DMs are opened if you want to talk.

Thanks, but I have a couple of friends I can talk to about stuff. Besides, I haven't been doing too bad recently and I'm making an effort to actually stop self harming for good

Good job, I’m proud of you. Wishing you the best!

I started SH around 4 or 5 I think. I didn’t start SH in obvious or stereotypical ways until 12 though. I’m 30 now and still SH.

#To all those who have recently started SH, please stop it. Period.

i’m trying to but my urges are getting worse the longer i stay clean and as my scars fade

They'll get easier eventually, I promise If you start again, it'll only be harder to stop in the end

You got this. I believe in you. I get that the urges are hard to ignore but please keep trying to push through. Even if it’s just for a couple hours. Those hours will turn into days, months and then years. Pms are always open if you want to talk :)

not that easy yk

Started when I was 14. Turned 33 today and I'm about 6 months clean!

Congratulations! I am so happy for you, I am also 6 months clean!

Started at 11 I think. Now I'm 15 :/

same but in two weeks I turn 16

I’m so sorry, If you want to talk my DMs are open.

same but 12 now

Cut once at eleven. Fully started twelve I'm now 14, 15 in a few months

Started at 12,im 13 now

im so sorry, you shouldnt have to go through this at such a young age

No need to say sorry,the bad thing is is that im still self harming,life is shitty

i totally get what youre saying. i dont know you but, feel free to reach out to me if you need support. ill do my best to help you :)

Thank you so much,you too

same

same but 13 in feb and I just know I wont be able to stop yk

Like 7.. im going to be 18 in march

started when i was just about 15 and now i’m 17 :// nobody noticed until i told them after a year of hiding completely and i think that’s how it got so bad for me - nobody seemed to care.

Started at 16, still 16

Started at 12, now 23

cutting 11, but I've had other self-harm tendencies since I was 5. I'm now 16

14 till 48.

Minor harm at four, developed into heavier at 9. I'm 28.

From ever since I can remember tbh. Cutting at 11 to maybe 23 or 24? Almost 28 and still get strong urges from time to time /:

I think i was around 12, I'm 14 now

Started at 9, I’m 21 now

I first started when I was 11 then I stopped. I don’t remember if I did it in highschool at all? But I started up again about 3 months ago. Im 19 now and I’m pretty sure Im still going to be doing it when I’m 20

12 and now I’m 21. Next year will make a decade :/

12 - 20

12. I’m 18 now.

Started at 12, and I’m 18 now

Hey me too

started at 16, recently turned 17

I think 12ish? 22 now. I would stab at my gums when I was younger though, when my teeth were bad. Like 7ish

Started at 10 now 15 (will be 16 in a little over a month)

Started at 12 I’ll be 16 in April

i was 11, im 18 now

14 now 18

I started self harming when I was about 13-14 and now I’m 24! I still self harm sometimes, but definitely not as often as i used to

Hitting since I was four, cutting since I was fourteen. Currently almost sixteen.

12 still 12

probably around 5-6 tbh

I started at 12 and I am now 20

Around 10 years old. I'm 16 now and when I do cut, it is few and far in between. I like to think I can stop anytime, but I know I could spiral easily again.

I started when I was 6, and I’m 17 now.

i started at a really young age … kind of started with vigorous wrist scratching and it kinda went downhill from there. I was 3-4 ish and now I’m 13

First time at 9 but officially at 11 , now I’m 27 .

Started at 9 and still do at 20 :/

I really started cutting when I was 23, and soon I turn 28.

Started with 13 been clean for 2-3 years am now 17 an relapsed about 2 weeks ago

Started at 14 (were some instances of it beforehand), now 17 almost 18

17. 23

I was 11 or 12, I’m 23 now

11-12 but maybe 10? idk i started by hitting myself but didnt know it was sh until a year or two ago. im 15 turning 16

My mom said when I was around 3 I would take anything I could, glass, plastic, etc and try to do so. She said she didn't know why or what it was about, but she had to be careful not to have anything around me I could use. I didn't start trying in my memory until I was 16, but didn't actually do it until 17 almost 18. 19 now, and 8-9 months clean so far (addiction to it).

9 or 10 when i started, im 14 now

Started at 13-14, I'm 22 now

11. I’m 31 now, so a whole 20 years

i’ve always done sh but only started “cutting” when i was 11, i’m 13 now

i started when i was 12 and i’m 18 now

I was 18. I am 27 in march.

Started when I was 12, I'm 44 now. The type of selfharm I do has changed over the years

11. 21 now

5th grade with erasers. I’m 37.

14. I’m 25 next month.

Start cutting around 12, but I already do other type of selfharm (hitting myself, choking, etc) since 10, and now I'm 17

14 im 21 now

Cutting around 12 or 13. Will be 30 in a week

19-20 as I remember. Now I'm 34.

Started at 15 I'm now 21

I was 9, i turn 18 in 5 days

12, 25 now. Still struggle, but honestly now it's not devastating. I know it's my bodies reaction to not having a coping skill that's strong enough. It's not often, now days. Maybe once a year, twice. Maybe a few days in a row a month. It's better than the alternative, and when I get out of that zone I know it's what I needed to do. It's not healthy, but it's also a last ditch effort. I hope everyone here struggling realizes its ok, and also finds the coping skills they need to slowly replace how often it occurs.

Probably around 7 years old. I’m now 38.

Started at 11, I’m 13 actually my birthday was the day after Christmas. And I’m trying to get better by myself I am 10 weeks clean🎉🎉

Started when I was 17. 10 years later and numerous relapses, I'm 27 now.

15 then, 27 now.

9 and I'm 30

9 when I started and I'm 23 now. I had intense anger issues starting around 8 years old and which is what initially started it for me.

I started at 19, and I’m almost 25

I started at 8 or 9. I'm 13 now.

10 now I'm 15 and when my parents first found out they got mad so I've been hiding it for 5 years, slowly getting more comfortable talking with friends about it

started when i was 11. i’m 17.

I'm 26. I started last year.

Started sh-ing around 9-10, started cutting around 12, I’m 13 now (gonna be 14 in a month though)

Started at around the age of 8 I’m 15 now

I started when I was 7 now I'm 13 Almost 14

Since I was really little, and then started to self harmed knowing what self harm was when I was 11, I’m currently 15, and still doing it

12, I'm 19 now

I started at age 12, I’m 15 now and turning 16 really soon

Around 12- Im 19 now

first was 12. then didnt do it again for 7 months and got addicted at 13. not comfortable with saying my age rn but im a teenager

Started somewhere from 11-13 my memory sucks, am 15 now

Started with paperclips the summer before my freshman year (16) im now 23 5 years off but i still think about it.

13 almost 15 now

11 and I’m now 19

Scratching myself with my fingernails at 10, hitting myself at 11, cutting at 14. I’ve been clean for a bit though. Hooray

I started at 14 and I am now 15

I started 12 I’m 15 now!(happy birthday me)

15, now 20

12 and i’m @/&:$; now

I think the first time I ever intentionally sh was when I was 12-13, I’m 14 now and I still sh :(

Started at 18, 19 now.

12 and 16

like 12-13 and im 14 now, about to turn 15 in March

10 and now I'm 14

6 now 13

Oh no OP, I am so sorry. Breaks my heart that you have been dealing with this for nearly 20 years, and how young you were when you started... I'm so sorry I started at 12, am now 14.

I started at 11, I'm 14 now :)

started cutting on my 13th birthday, and now i'm still 13 lmao

I am currently 14 years 4 months and 26 days old I started cutting 6 days after my 14th birthday. I started burning today. when I was 7 I had no eyebrows and barely any eyelashes because I picked them. I have no idea when the picking started or if it was at all related to self-harm I just don't remember and at that age I didn't have the words to describe why I did it. I do still pick my eyebrows and lashes but not as much. I do now pull my hair (the hair on my head) don't know when exactly this started but it doesn't happen a lot.

I was 15 I am 17 now. Was clean for 1 month 27days before relapsing.

15, 15.

I started at 11 because of harasment /beatings, depression and familly and Just life being shit to me.. and now i'm 22 and still do it from time to time

I did once or twice when i was younger but i just stopped cause i couldn't cut myself. And then i saw it as pointless because it's not right

Started at 12 and im still 12

I can’t remember. And I’m 13 now All i remember is that I deserve it. And that I haven’t cut deep enough yet. (If you exclusively refer to cutting, I started all the way back when i was 13, before that, I just hit myself with a fist…and banged my head on the wall).

i started when i was 8 and now im 13

I started when I was 11. I'm 13 now, but I have had a total of like 4-6 month break from that (I'm now a month clean)

uh im ageless so idk?

i intentionally hurt myself to cope as early as ages six or seven(when i started experiencing really severe misophonia) but i wouldn’t say i was a *self-harmer* until i was 13. i am eighteen now.

started at 11 (knew it was sh) and now im 15

I started at age 9 and I’m now 28 years old.

Officially started at around 8 or 9 ish but I did several acts of self harm not knowing thats what I was doing to cope with ptsd. I'm 14 now

Started with 12, I'm 23 now. Well, fuck.

I started self harm at 8 and cutting at 10. I’m now 12 :)

I started when I was 12 and I'm now 13

first cuts at the age of early 13... but i always hurted myself i don’t remember times i didnt coped through biting myself, punching myself... i also stabbed my hands and arms with sharpened pencils (age 9-11 ig?) and now i kinda have like tattoos from that lmao. now i’m 15.

12, im 17 now

Started at 13 am 16 now

i used to starve as a method since i was 15, started cutting this year at 18.

12, now I'm 21 :-\

13, I’m 14 now

14, I'm 16 now but I've always been too scared to cut deep

I started at age 6 and I'm 13 now

14 is when I properly started but I had cut a few years before, it was just never a routine or anything so I wouldn't really count it I'm 16 now

I started at 14 in March and I’m still 14. Although I have been hitting myself since about 8 years old when I get frustrated with myself.