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[female, age 20, began to SI at age 17]

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I don't so much any more.....but I did it because I was so tormented on the inside that I had to let it out somehow, and through my skin seemed as good a place as any. Feeling the external pain helped the internal pain to melt away for a little while - it was like all the bad feelings were washed away with the blood, and I was clean.

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[female, age 20, began to SI at age 17]
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Gabrielle For Self-Injurers - In Their Own Words published by 2 years ago ()

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Sometimes it's because of the

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Sometimes it's because of the anger that gets the best of me. Most of the time I do it to be able to put up with myself. I feel lost most of the time in the world, and I don't know what to do.
My parents don't understand and I doubt that they ever will.
They're too busy with their own things. Sure they make attempts to get closer to me but I pretty much shut them out.

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