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[female, age 20, began to SI at age 11, college student]

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Fri, 2010-06-04 08:21 — Anonymous

Well...

When my parents first saw my arms, they dragged me to the emergency room and I was almost sent to a psychiatric behavioral hospital, but the cop let me off. A few months after that I overdosed and blacked out, but never went to the hospital because nobody found me and I simply woke up later on. One of my last suicide attempts I overdosed and my parents found out and I was hospitalized for a day and then released. They don't seem to want me there for some reason. I used to see multiple counslers and therapists but none of them ever did squat for me.

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[female, age 18, began to SI at age 13]

Wed, 2010-05-05 22:34 — autopsy_girl

Have You Ever Been Hospitalized For Your Self-Injury?

Hospitalized, no.

I got 2 overdoses of psychiatric medicine, received medical attention, but I only threw up and "got well".

I hide my SI acts, and only when they begin to heal I can continue "with my normal life", but I think they have never gone that far...

And any time I do it, I hope it would not be never an hospitalization.

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[female, age 18, has self-injured all her life but remembers at age 12]

Mon, 2010-04-26 11:56 — Nagizuma

[female, age 19, began to SI at age 18]

I've been inpatient 20 times in the past year, mainly for overdoses. I have received too many stitches to count for my cuts (29 at the moment).

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[female, age 19, began to SI at age 18]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 24, began to SI at age 14]

Oh, yes. When I was 15 I got picked up for underage consumption and they had to do a strip search and they saw like 30 fresh cuts in my wrist and flew me off to treatment the next day. About three weeks ago I decided to go for a vein and I had a field trip to the ER. They called someone from the mental health place to come talk to me and now I'm seeing a psychiatrist and counselor.

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[female, age 24, began to SI at age 14]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 24, began to SI at age 16 1/2]

I'm in therapy now for 4-5 years, and before that I was hospitalized in a psych ward because I became a real danger to myself. So, yes, SI was the reason, although I was also suffering from major depression.

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[female, age 24, began to SI at age 16 1/2]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle