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misskitty112 · 13-08-2010, 05:40 AM

I was 8 years old. It started as scratching. I was in dance class, and I was criticized a lot. so I started scratching on my thighs... then when I was about 10, I started cutting and occasionally burning.

And here I am at 20.... still self harming.

13-08-2010, 05:40 AM	#31
misskitty112 Short and Fiesty.... Enough Said. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: A small town, West Virginia I am currently:	I was 8 years old. It started as scratching. I was in dance class, and I was criticized a lot. so I started scratching on my thighs... then when I was about 10, I started cutting and occasionally burning. And here I am at 20.... still self harming.
	"Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice."-- E.M. Forster