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[female, age 19, began to SI at age 12, first year university student]

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Before I SI I'm usually in a very blank state of mind. Whatever emotion I'm experiencing that is causing me to want to SI usually just takes over and causes me to not be able to focus on anything else. I get very anxious if I can't SI when I feel that I want to... if I have to wait I begin to panic and usually get extremely irrational.\n\nDuring SI I feel relief. It's just a sudden feeling of relief - like letting go of a lot of tension...\n\nDirectly after SI I usually feel very good. After several minutes or hours, I begin to regret it and feel guilty. I usually then panic about how to hide whatever scar I've created and have to calm myself down again. At times this panic has led to more SI...

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[female, age 19, began to SI at age 12, first year university student]
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