I started slicing myself up when I was in grade 6, 11 years old, people don't expect that from an 11 year old, everyone just assumed those scratches on my wrists were from a cat, or a scrape. Nobody ever knew except my close friends, so I just continued doing it, and the cuts got deeper and deeper. My biggest scars are on my legs, they're pretty noticeable and indented. Self-abuse is an addiction, I like you also warn other's against doing it... once you start, you can't stop. I "quit" in grade9, but there are always those damn triggers that set me off occasionally. Good for you for educating, sadly cutting, and hurting oneself, has become a growing "trend" and if these kid's aren't careful that are doing it, they're going to wind up with the big scars too.
September 25th, 2010 at 07:15pm