How Long Have You Been Cutting?

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Im kinda hesitant to ask this but how long have you been cutting? I know some people do it for years... its an addiction its not easy to give up. Ive been since around mid June.

[Magenta]

I've self-harmed for ten years.

Cut for two.

[Error 404]

Around 2 years...

[Noirtier]

Since the beginning of June I think?

[VictoriaGotaSecret]

almost 6 months, late febuary

[Love.Hate]

Since i was 14, so three years

[xDarkAngelx]

I relapsed a year ago and have been SH almost daily. I first started when I was about 16 maybe, so about 3 years.

[xXoblivionXx]

I started in December, so about 8 months?

[ApresMidi]

Around 9 months. I'm not regular though , so havent for a while.

9 months is nothing compared to some people on here.

[Incompris]

Around a 2 years I think.

[Shark98]

Last night was the first time.

[Jimmy Page]

Cutting since February or March last year
Self harming for as long as I can remember

[Darknova8]

I've never cut but I can understand why some people can do it. Mental and physical pain can sometimes be to much and you want to find a releash.
Everything build up and you can't contain it.

I know it can be hard but i hope all you guys can quit.
If you ever need someone to talk to msg me always open to chat. :P

[Malcolm Tucker]

6 years, or so.

[xXl0sth0peXx]

20 months or so? Not really sure tbh.

[Princess Ariel]

10 years..

[Jupiter]

i only cut once but i've been self harming since december

[Noxail]

Three years total. On my way to quitting however, and haven't cut for almost four weeks :yeah:

[FullyAlive]

Two and half years, i'm on my way to stopping now though

[georgiamay]

4 and a half years since I started, but I haven't in over a year now.

[Maiden]

cutting for 1.5 years
self harming for alot longer

[Wolverine.]

Almost 6 years.

[hopefuldreams17]

8 years on and off. Relapsed tonight for the first time in 6 months. It was the longest I'd ever gone without cutting.

[fast8]

about 2 yrs

[fast8]

dont worry its normal

[workingatperfect]

since 8th grade, so.. 3-4 years? But I haven't done it since February.

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

since 8th grade, so.. 3-4 years? But I haven't done it since February.

Thats good to hear you havent for a while :)

[MemoriesLost]

I've been cutting for about two years, but I'm in the process of quitting.
But I've been self harming for about six years.

[XxfakexX]

Cutting for three or four year but i'v always been fascinated with hurting myself (e.g., picking a burn to see how much it would hurt) but i'm not sure if it's self harm. If so that will have been for around 6 or 7 years.

[TwilightFan]

I've started when I was ten, so it's about four years. But I have periods when I don't cut myself. Like, when I was like 11, I stopped for a year or two, and then I started doing it again. And I haven't done it for, like, three months now, but, I mean, I just know I'll do it again when I'm under pressure. It hasn't stopped yet. :(

[LitBlackRose]

2 years but working on trying to stop

[December]

6 years now I think? Possibly 7. For those of you who have only been doing it for a few months, please try and stop before you become really attached and addicted to it, in my opinion the longer you rely on it the harder it is to refuse. Its a nightmare, especially trying to quit. Good luck to everyone on here though, regardless =]

[Dave4560]

I hav been cutting my self for few months and my freinds are really starting to get worried about me. What should I tell them?

[ThePacifist]

I just started actually cutting a couple weeks ago..it's for my art, a couple cuts clears my mind from everything else and lets me focus on painting.

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

I hav been cutting my self for few months and my freinds are really starting to get worried about me. What should I tell them?
Ive been there... i am all the time. Just try to explain to them why you are, its NOT suicide... they may think it is. If they got questions about cutting theres lots online you can look up to help answer their questions.

[PartyPoison]

7 years. clean for 151 days.

[lillyeg98]

Since February, so About 6 Months

[Mortal Coil]

Seven years, just about.

[Dave4560]

Ive been there... i am all the time. Just try to explain to them why you are, its NOT suicide... they may think it is. If they got questions about cutting theres lots online you can look up to help answer their questions.

Thanks for advice! They said something that they would start cutting my dog, cuss they wnated me to see how it feels like when something you love is hurting, but i tink they were joking. Anyway, what they said whas really insensitive, but i think they had a point, so I'm rethinking stuff right now.

[December]

Thanks for advice! They said something that they would start cutting my dog, cuss they wnated me to see how it feels like when something you love is hurting, but i tink they were joking. Anyway, what they said whas really insensitive, but i think they had a point, so I'm rethinking stuff right now.

That is awful that they would say that, but I think they are just trying to communicate to you how they are feeling, which is probably hurt, mildly desperate to stop you, and worried for you. I had an (ex)friend tell me once if I didn't stop he would sandpaper where I cut, which i think was a joke but again, a really insensitive one. But that will happen when people don't understand what you are going through. Anyways, I wish you all the best of luck in figuring this out, and quitting if you can :)

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Thanks for advice! They said something that they would start cutting my dog, cuss they wnated me to see how it feels like when something you love is hurting, but i tink they were joking. Anyway, what they said whas really insensitive, but i think they had a point, so I'm rethinking stuff right now.
Sure thing! :) Thats good your thinking about stuff, i have before... it can help.

That is awful that they would say that, but I think they are just trying to communicate to you how they are feeling, which is probably hurt, mildly desperate to stop you, and worried for you. I had an (ex)friend tell me once if I didn't stop he would sandpaper where I cut, which i think was a joke but again, a really insensitive one. But that will happen when people don't understand what you are going through. Anyways, I wish you all the best of luck in figuring this out, and quitting if you can :)
I agree with you December... just people can want to change something so bad or make you stop they got to extremes.

[Ambrosia]

I've been cutting generally since 2007. So, about 6 years now.

[xXxSuperkittyxXx]

I had been biting me arm as long as I can remember, probably sense I was even a little girl, but I started cutting when I was 12. I'm 16 now. :D

[Sam The Creator]

Over 2 years.

[candabear17]

I started cutting when I was 13, so 4 years.

[LouBerry]

Almost three years. Been clean for two months.

[Jaggg]

im 14 and have been cutting for 3 years, but my friends helping me to stop

[SadisticAngels]

since i was 12 so 3 years

[Carly011]

Self-harming since 12/13 so about 8-9 years, cutting for 2. I struggle with Recurrent Severe major depressive disorder, chronic depression, general and social anxiety, Anorexia, Self-harm/cutting, Suicidal ideation(thoughts and actions), and i also have heart problems(had heart surgery on the 16th).

I'm 19 years old. I have done inpatient for depression and suicidal thoughts/actions(8 days), now i am doing an intensive outpatient program(4hrs a day/5 days a week), as well as see a psychiatrist and psychologist, i also have a caseworker and dietician and will most likely be doing residential for my anorexia. Hopefully residential helps me stop cutting, i quit for 2 weeks after IP but then relapsed but residential is longer so hopefully that helps

[alley]

2 and a half ish. Though quitting has been quite successful; haven't cut for around two months (:
Longest I've ever been is three months once in that 2 and a half year period; aside from the ocassional week. So hopefully I won't relaspe anytime soon.

[nikkiewebb]

I started 7 years ago, when i was 9

[jessygurl09]

about a year and 3months. but ive quit and havent relapsed yet(: ive made it since march so far!(:

[KatieBaby]

for like 6 months now. my step dad abused me and even tho it has been 2 years since he went to jail and i thought i was ok, i started to cut and now its the only thing that makes me feel better

[ECSTASY]

well all of my life is computer,scripting,classes,work,study,exams and some other terrible things...
i dont have even 1 minute time for myself... non of the friends comes out of their home to go out... well mylife is kinda ****ed up but there is a lil hope for future...
so ive never cutten/self harmed my self...

[imsoalone]

I started cutting a few weeks ago. I'd cut myself once or twice before then, but I hadn't really started 'cutting' cutting. If you know what I mean. It was just small stuff. Now my arms are covered in cuts.

[Megson]

Hard to say... I've self-harmed since I was thirteen and now I'm seventeen.

I've been cutting, though, for about a year now.

[FallenAngel158]

I have been self harming for almost a year, it will be a year on the last day of August. Still wish I never would have started. But its too hard to stop.

[LoveMe_HateMe]

2.5/3 years. Wait no... 4 years... 4 and a half possibly... because I'd started few months before I got with my ex in 2009... I don't know... Not quite sure when I started... It just kind of happened and before I knew it, I was addicted... Wish I'd never of started to be honest... I am clean for about 3/4 weeks now though... Although I have a feeling I'm going to crack soon. Like, tonight, soon...

[Fiction]

I first cut in July 2009, but it wouldn't really call it cutting, more scratching. I did that for around 2 months.

Then in January 2010, I began to self harm again, and never really stopped.

But I wasn't properly cutting until April 2010.

So, self harming, just over 3 years. Cutting, 2 years and 4 months.

[fakeasmile]

a year and a half

[Gazmo]

ive been cutting everyday for 3 years

[Juggalo_4-2-0]

i have been cutting off and on for about 6 years the last 3 years ive been cutting almost everyday

[SmexiLexie510]

Self harming since about nine or ten and cutting since twelve, so about six or seven years since the start really

[Lyra Heartstrings]

A month. I think.

[AwkwardTurtle22]

almost 9 months :(

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Up date time... 3 months about now.

[AnimeDinoRawr]

I started cutting when I was 13. I made shallow cuts on my hands first- I think that I was trying to convince myself that if I didn't cut on my arms, I wasn't a cutter. I stopped because summer started and I also had a doctor's appointment. I started again this week. I cut my arms with a pocket knife I keep in my room. I wasn't upset or even bored... I just wanted too. I don't know why I cut. I don't have a bad life- I have friends, loving parents, good grades, and no real problems. But I like the pain and the blood and scars. My dad has depression and my parents are divorced. I am scared that I might be depressed, but I do feel happy, even thought this year I've been smiling less. I am really confused and scared to talk to my parents. Please tell me what you think is wrong with me. Thanks!

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Quiet...

[PonY]

Four years. Something I am not totally proud of. But I am not ashamed of admitting it.

[Sadworld]

I've been self-harming since 2005. First by blunt force trauma, then cutting, burning and, a recent addition, hair pulling. My logest stop is ~10 months, which ended today. Before the stop and during it, I tried smoking and drinking as a substitue, worked at first but my body got used to it and doesn't experience the high anymore. Now it is an addiction and part of my life as a self-harmer.

[ForgottenSoul]

Almost two years I believe? I stopped though.. I stopped about two months ago. It's hard, but you're all capable of stopping.

[West Coast Sheriff]

A couple weeks

[xXoblivionXx]

let's see... 10 months

[Fiction]

It'll be 3 years and 3 months I think, but I didn't start regular self-harm until 2 years and 9 months ago, and it's not been particularly regular since about May time, although i've had a few relapses.

So all in all, I was regularly self-harming for 2 years and 8 months and let's hope it stay that way :)