I doubt you're alone! :) There are plenty of people just here on RYL who aren't teenagers. Duffer already mentioned the Vets board--they're great over there.
I just wanted to raise a concern about the research that's floating around online. Keep in mind when you're reading it that it's based on the reported statistics of self-harmers. Since not everyone who harms comes forward, that means those statistics are wrong. Therefore, the biases toward teenaged females that creep into the support information are also incorrect--not to mention unfair, and really difficult to swallow. Try not to pay it too much attention. The truth is that self-harming affects all kinds of people, apparently regardless of demographic.
Welcome to RYL. :)
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