Cutting

[Labamm]

Hey, I'm just looking to start a topic about cutters. Post stuff like why you started, when you started, how long have you been cutting, your longest cut free time... I think talking about it may help some of us stop.

I started in seventh grade, because there was a death in the family. It has been about a year now, and i have only gone about a month without cutting.

Post away!

[-Silence]

I started in the second half of seventh grade (almost 5 years ago), my mother and I had just got into a fight, I don't remember what it was about, but it got to me, like they all did. She left, went to vent about me to a friend of her's and here I was still standing there after all the yelling, after all the insults, just standing there wondering what I did wrong. Wondering why I was always wrong. At that age the fights were still new to me and I was believing everything that she was saying. I was in the kitchen and I took a knife, and just made a little mark, there wasn't any blood, anything. But I liked watching the line appear, I felt like I was the one in control. It obviously got worse, soon I'd be cutting myself wide open waiting for the relief to come over me.

One time, I went about half a year without cutting, it was the year that I went to court against my mother, and my stepdad got custody of my brother and I. I went from July to about Jan. and then everything fell apart again, and I started up again.

Sorry, it's kinda detailed.

[6XxRazorBla6deKissesxX6]

Well in 6th grade I made a few cut with scissors on my legs. But that lasted about a week or two. Then I did the same in 7th grade but on my wrist, lasted maybe a month and then in 8th grade I couldnt take peoples shit anymore and I started doing it about 4 or 5 times daily. I was just tired of it all, I still am. It has, however, gotten wrose...loads worse. Suicide comes to mind several times a day. Theres really no one reason why I started, a lot of things made me start. I dont really count the times in the 6th and 7th grade so I'd say...about a month. That was just so the Docter wouldnt see any cuts and such. So yeah.

[Kiros]

Started at the 7th grade.
Stopped about a year ago.

Don't really want to talk about why or how... sorry

[bbychop]

I started April '04 cuz of my exes and whatnot. I found a reason to cut for everything til December '04 and my dad's ex threatened to send me to a mental hospital. I started again April '05 cuz of my boyfriend at the time and then I stopped about 3 weeks ago.

[teencrazykid]

I have thought about starting. I took the can off the top of some ravioli or whatever, wiped it off, and started "slitting" the top of my fingers. It felt pretty good....like I was bleeding all my troubles away...

[Whisper]

Started ~ .....god i unno awhile ago
Suicide attempt ~ christmas eve 2004

[lee]

i started in sixth grade after i tried hanging myself because i had a really horrible time in private school and just transferred out. my friend found out and reported me to the guidance dept. i was sent to therapy 4 times. needless to say i resumed cutting until the end of eighth grade when the same friend found out again but didn't say anything. i decided to ask my mom for therapy but didn't tell her why. she didn't do anything for a while until she saw my arm by accident. she got me a therapist right away. i've been seeing her for 3 months and i hate her very much. but i'm starting gt next week. i havent cut in 95 days which is my record.

[Φρανκομβριτ]

i started in 7th grade. Ive gone about 4 moths without before. I started coz i didnt know what else to do. Then my first suicide atempt was on August 31 2004, the day we came back from england the year before. I only stopped recently

[josh,]

i started in 5 grade the cust were small
i started caus my mom and dad seperated
after about 8 months lateri started
started caus my grampa died
cust were abou 3 inch long
about 6 gradei stopt cutting
i tried snaping rubber bands worked for a while
then in 8 grade my mom whent to jail and my grandma and nany died
im in ninth grad now and trying to break habit......PLEAS HELP........

[XamyX]

I started about yr and half ago, i was sexually abused as a child by my mums partner and he was extrenky violent towards my mum and took alot of drugs, then he died of a drug overdose and my mum got very ill mentally. i went for years without talking about it or anything till i got with my ex partner, he became violent and started cheatin on me and i just couldnt cope. One day when we had a row i locked myself in the toilet crying, i dont no why i did but i picked up a razor blade and made a cut and then i just stopped cryin. all the pain inside i felt just went, its got alot worst since then and iv had several suicide attempts and was drinkin heavly at one point, iv seen therapist and everything but im not a person to talk abot my problems. I went 6 months without actually cuttin, but would scratch myself if i got upset or anxious about something, then i ut again about 3 weeks ago. Im hoping that this site will help me with harmin so i can stop.

sorry its very long and quite detailed