Triggering (SI) - How old were you when.. - Page 26

martibear · 02-01-2010, 08:43 PM

I was like 10-11 years old the first time i cut.

DthCab4Cutie94 · 04-01-2010, 04:42 AM

i cut once when i was 5. my mom told me, didn't remember, but i started really cutting when i was 10.

Wakeful Dreamer. · 06-01-2010, 05:28 AM

I was fifteen.

PancakesSuck · 06-01-2010, 06:44 PM

started cutting at 11 but did lots of stuff before that

Maybe I'm Amazed. · 07-01-2010, 12:58 AM

I was fifteen.

starseeker · 07-01-2010, 02:32 AM

like a few people have said, they did other stuff for ages before
my first proper cut was when i was fourteen
but as long as i can remember from as young as three i've injured myself deliberately and got the same feelings of relief ect

afraidtogetbackup · 07-01-2010, 04:40 AM

i was 15 when i made the first real cut that bled but before that i would pinch myself so had to keep from crying that i would have indents and marks on my hands or arms. I've been pulling my hair out when i am frustrated for as long as i can remember. i also bite the inside of my lower lip until it bleeds as a habit from when i was really little...before i knew what i was doing.

Fweggie · 07-01-2010, 02:03 PM

I started cutting at around 14/15, it became fairly regular for a couple of years, for a good 6 months i haven't felt any urge, but it seems to be creeping back on to me, i'm 17 now.

WolfCub · 09-01-2010, 01:54 AM

well i done small things from 4 and i started to cut at 7

still hurting · 09-01-2010, 03:36 AM

i was 18 years old, which is probebly older than most of you are now, i was depresssed for years but it wasn't until i was 18 and almost our of highschool that everything was just too much and i did it, now i'm 23 and even though i'm only at 3 months cut free now i know i'm over it, i might slip up but i'm ready to be done

sarahbug · 09-01-2010, 04:49 AM

I was 16 when I first cut myself. I stopped when I was about 18 restarted when I was 20 and haven't stopped again yet.

memories. · 09-01-2010, 05:46 AM

6, by scratching myself and pulling out my own hair

HPHSML · 09-01-2010, 07:05 AM

I started pulling out my hair at age 8 and I started cutting at age 11.

achaean · 09-01-2010, 01:07 PM

I was 12 when I first started cutting, never delved into anything but that, but was a frequent cutter for 12.5 years before the thought of trying to quit entered my mind.

melancholic_anicca · 09-01-2010, 02:37 PM

I was 11 too. It does seem really young when I think about it now and I have changed so much yet my way of coping has not. Weird.

twolittleducks · 10-01-2010, 12:48 PM

Scratching when I was 11, First cut just before my 12th Birthday, stopped for a few months when I was 14 but started again pretty quickly and got worse with burns, OD, bruises etc.
It feels young, but if a lots happening it can form a habit and then it turns into the first thing you turn to for relief, so even if circumstances were different then, the coping mechanism stays the same.

Mrs Sam · 10-01-2010, 02:02 PM

I don't know if i've replied to this.

I was 16/17 when i first cut but i had had depression from about aged 12 and i used to plot my own death from then. I had cut once when i was young but i'd never really considered it self harm.

Actually just recently i remembered that during senior school i used to get really angry at myself/life/the world and bite my hands. This was a pretty common occurance but i've never considered it to be self harm before.

josiedoodle · 10-01-2010, 02:32 PM

i scratched/pinched/hit to hurt my self since... i cant evan remeber any more but i started cutting a year ago today which makes it 14 :)

xxemolollypopxx · 04-04-2010, 08:25 AM

I first cut at age 12 when I wanted to see y a friend did it so much. I hated it at first than after a ruff day at school did it a few times and now do it on a day to day baceis

AutumnMoon · 04-04-2010, 09:14 AM

I remember hitting myself when I was about 7... never really began cutting until I was about 14.