I had a conversation with someone today about the age of people who are on the blog. We also get many calls and emails at the SAFE office asking about the age range of people who self-injure. From our experience, we’ve learned that people of all ages injure. We’ve had people in our program from the age of 12 – 80. I’m sure people who are new to this blog wonder about the age range here also. I thought I’d post the question (for anyone interested in sharing) – how old are you? How old were you when you first started to injure? If you’d rather put an age range instead of your exact age – feel free. Thanks!
Pam
I am fifteen and i started injuring when i was fourteen
I was 15 when I started S.I., it was January of 2007. It’s almost been two years of off and on S.I..
I’m 17 now.
I’m learning to stop.
I am 25. I began to SI when I was 14.
It’s been a long 11 years.
I’m 32. I started to SI when I was about 13. I’m working on this issue with a good therapist. I’m down to slipping up a few times a year, which is good, but I’m hoping to quit altogether.
I am 22 and have been injuring for almost 10 years.
im 16. i started when i was 14.
I am 22. I realize now I was self injuring from a young age. But the first time I ever injured in an obvious way I was in 7th grade… so I was 12/13 but I then stopped and didnt do it again until my sophomore year in high school at age 15/16
I’m now 20, started when I was 16. And stopped when I was 19. Thanks, SAFE!
I’m currently 26, I started injuring when I was 16… but in college, I learned self-injury was much more than just one thing – which means I’ve been self-injuring since I was probably 8 or 9 (cannot remember exactly when the other behaviors started).
I’m 47 and I started when I was 13 years old. I’ve been doing it off and on, but since I was about 18 I was doing every moment I got and I still do it.
I am 34 years old and startedinjuring at age 30. Still struggling to stay stopped!!
i’m 14 and i first SI’ed when i was twelve. before that though i had injured in other ways though when i was little, so i’m not really sure when i truely started.
i am 13 and started when i was about 12 1/2. it’s been going on for about 6- 7 months.
I’m 14 and started to SI when I was about 11 1/2.
I stopped this summer after going through S.A.F.E
I am 35, I started when I was 14. I stopped 3 months before going to SAFE.
I am 13-only been struggling with SI for 2 months.
Working on telling my parents sometime next week, so I can kill this ugly habit before I become like some of the others on here (pleased on’t take offence) who have been doing it for years.
I am currently 30 years old. I started injuring at the age of 16. However, I have not been actively injuring for the entire time–thankfully. I sought treatment in 2002 after a period of several years of high risk SI. I stopped injuring until 2007. I returned to SAFE, and have been injury free since.
I’m 22 and I started injuring 10 years ago, so age 12. I have been injury free since returning home from safe 66 days ago.
I injured from 7 years old to 32 years old and I”m 43 now. Hats off to ya SAFE. Thanks for my life back. Laura
I started si when I was 8 years old now I’m 47 and I still have the pressures of wanting to si. I sought treatment and I was sucessful from si-ing for close to three years but I started up again, I feel my mind wants to stop but my actions do not follow. I want to have the chance to return to SAFE but I’m afraid of taking the first step.
I just turned 23. I’m a strait male. And Iooking back, I began SI when I was around 12 or 13, although I didn’t have any idea what it was even called back then. I only learned about it after I had already stopped. 9years later.
Thanks to everyone who has replied! It’s been great hearing from you all. 🙂
I started SIing when I was fifteen- Im twenty two now-and have been Si free since I went to SAFE.. 4 months and 8 days ago. 🙂
I am seventeen.
I started a year ago.
I stopped fifty days ago.
i am 13.
i started when i was 12.
I am 25 and started when I was 13. Stopped when I was 16 and self harmed one time in that 9 year period during a brief depression and havnt since then.
i am 17. i started si about a month ago…
12(almost 13)-started when I was late ten, early 11
13 now, started at 11. bulemia from late 11 to early 13. im getting better. thought i was the youngest on the site : P
I’m fourteen, and I began in 6th grade. Before this, I stopped for four months, and relapsed recently, but I’m proud to say that it’s been two weeks. I’m working so hard to maintain that, and I hope to be totally abstinent to self-injury. I have support in you all, I know that, and I support all of you just as much if not more. I also thoroughly seek God.
<3 much love.