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So I self harm.

Hi, I'm seventeen years old and recently I've started to self harm.I'm not sure why I do it, it all started because I lost a friend whom I saw as a second sister. I couldn't deal with the pain and ended up grabbing a pair of scissors and...

#1180 Read the full story - (Shared: 08/01/2012 16:16:19) Comments: 7
Tags: self harm - cutting - scars - shame

You see the scars. Not what caused them.

Its always been a case of worthlessness. Everyone says it to me and it's come to a point where I am starting to think it is true. All through my life I have chopped and changed and nothing ever sticks. I don't have a single friend who I trust...

#1172 Read the full story - (Shared: 30/12/2011 14:44:00) Comments: 3
Tags: scars

The scars

I had a good childhood until my dad died when i was 17 i have been self harming scine i was 19 and now i am 23 i stoped self harming for a year but if anything upsets me i cut again i have over 30 scars my mum knows

#626 Read the full story - (Shared: 12/03/2010 07:45:19) Comments: 1
Tags: Dad - scars - mum - Childhood - tracey

Regret and Shame masks the pain

Ok here goes.. im not really sure how i ended up writing this but have read so many of your stories and i can relate and i hope someone can learn something from mine. Im 21 years old ive been self harming since i was 17, my mum was abused when...

#623 Read the full story - (Shared: 10/03/2010 01:53:56) Comments: 3
Tags: self harm - scars - warning of regret

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