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

revenge · 28-06-2007, 07:20 PM

Just wondering how old people were when they first cut or first self-harmed..

I was 11...which now seems pretty young...

but, i don't even remember what i was feeling at the time...
all i know it was because of problems with my friends..

how about you guys??

Sofie · 28-06-2007, 07:22 PM

Almost 13 when I first started, did SI for a few months and then stopped until I was 17.

_plastic · 28-06-2007, 07:25 PM

pulling out my hair when i was 11
cutting when i was 16....

SugarKane · 28-06-2007, 07:30 PM

Started cutting when I was 13. Did odd little things before that like head banging and holding my hand in front of the fire for a bit too long...

Dan · 28-06-2007, 07:31 PM

Punching walls, burning unconciously since i was 11, started cutting at 17.

pebbles · 28-06-2007, 07:32 PM

i done it on and off when i was about 11
i started doing it consistantly from when i was about 12/13

.ghost. · 28-06-2007, 07:35 PM

cutting started at 14, given myself bruises and some head banging all my life though...

Devil Girl · 28-06-2007, 08:01 PM

Once when I was 7 or 8 I had an argument with my mum and took a piece of glass from a frame to my skin. That was the first time, then I think I did the odd thing here and there but it wasn't till I was about 11/12 that it became regular...

Stress Free Anxiety · 28-06-2007, 08:02 PM

bit of head banging and scratching at 11, cutting at 13

Stellata · 28-06-2007, 08:07 PM

When I was 27, consciously.

I had eating problems way before that.

Behind the Smile · 28-06-2007, 08:16 PM

just under 11

LouiseJennifer · 28-06-2007, 08:23 PM

I was headbanging at the age of six, and doing odd things.

Cutting started at 12/13.

Shatterproof · 28-06-2007, 08:26 PM

First cut when I was 10.

I stopped, and cutting didn't become regular until I was just gone 11.

.ghost. · 28-06-2007, 08:27 PM

I forgot to mention, I used to poke myself (it sounds kind of silly written down...) with needles, pins etc. since I was about 7ish.

-Tough-Cookie- · 28-06-2007, 08:45 PM

My first cut i was 15 but i had puposly bruised myself before and had had an ED since i was 10

revenge · 28-06-2007, 08:50 PM

hmm..it seems like a lot of people did it once (or a few times..) and then stopped and then started again..
i did that too...i cut for about a month when i was 11, and then didnt do it again until i was 14..

(and sorry, but i'm a bit relieved that 11 doesn't seem to be that young...i was worried i was the only one..)

bright.side.of.life · 28-06-2007, 08:52 PM

i only started cutting recently so 15 yrs. but i started scratching and hitting things when i was almost 12. on and off for a few months, then constant for about 7 months now(15yrs)

LalaLand · 28-06-2007, 08:54 PM

I started cutting when I was 11. I cant remeber why I did it or the first time I did,I just remember being 11 and cutting, but that memory wasnt the first time I'd cut. I started buring when I was 16,

Maddie xxx

Nici-x · 28-06-2007, 09:00 PM

Started cutting when i was 13, but wasn't often. Started becoming a common thing for me to do when i was 14.
Had ED since i was veryyy young, probs young as 8. But of course it wasnt serious.. was just a case of starving myself for short periods of time, then binging.

Kitty · 28-06-2007, 09:03 PM

i scratched badly since yr 5 being...dunno 9/10? then started cutting ocaisinaly in yr 6 so 10/11 n 11 when i started cutting all the time..i have no idea why...i used to think i was just a litttle freak, it's what my friends used to call me. Kitty x