I've struggled with self injury in the past. When I read that statistic, all I could think was....that was me. I wasn't encouraged to express my anger and sadness by anyone in my life until my DH came along. Can anyone relate?
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I used to cut when I was very young for a short period of time, usually when my mom was mentally abusing me
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My mom always told me to quiet down when I was upset and I never really felt comfortable sharing or expressing my feelings. My family is pretty secretive. My current girlfriend really starting breaking down my walls, but 17 months into the relationship and they are still pretty strong. I find a lot more comfort in self injury than in trying to talk out my feelings or whatever, I like to keep them inside.
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I can relate. I self injured for years during when I was a teenager. Remember starting as early as twelve, ending about 18. Ended in a suicide attempt.
Funny, though... When I attempted, it wasn't bad enough to hospitalize me. So, my folks thought the best way to treat it was NOT to get help for me, and to pretend it didn't happen. Go figure! I didn't deal with it until years later.
I was NEVER allowed to show sadness and especially anger. It really messed me up. Much better now, but for a long time, I was messed up.
Rainbow85 - if you haven't gotten help, do it! Self injury can lead to much worse things. I know how hard it can be to stop... I've found a very close friend that I can talk to about almost anything. So if you have someone you can talk to, try. I can't express that enough.
I never thought about cutting myself, but I am going through a tough time. I am only able to release my tension through panic attacks and controling who I a with and where I go. It was not until I met my DH did I start to feel safe and able to express my true feelings. I am not working on expressing them to others, ascertaining myself.
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I'm a long-time sufferer of SI (started at age 5 and did it off and until 19) and I guess I must be in that 10% because sharing emotions in my family was never discouraged. I didn't open up much either, though. Still, an interesting web page.
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I've never actually cut myself, but very often had thoughts about it. I'd daydream about cutting my skin... It felt like the only safe way for me to express those violent emotions. I always had a difficult time expressing anger in my family. Now that I'm older I haven't had thoughts like that in a long time, and maybe it's because I'm better able to express myself.
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This is a really interesting statistic, and I can totally relate!
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interesting statistic on self injury 
I didn't deal with it until years later.
