[PW]

Yah, did it for a couple of years. Nothing too deep, but I still have scars. The only person I ever told about it (until now) was a psychiatrist: her immediate reaction was to call for security and try to have me committed. Took me 2 days to get out of the psych ward. In the meantime, the hospital called every phone number they could find for me, and told anyone who answered (my boss, my workmates, the guy down the hall who answered the phone as he was walking by) my entire medical history and that I was crazy. I never went back. Kept cutting for a while, eventually figured out some things and ways of avoiding doing it. First, it never solved anything. It just hurt, all my problems were still there, after the initial fascination had worn off it just seemed stupid. The alternatives depend on exactly what you ‘get’ from it – is it the pain, seeing the blood drip down your arms, or whatever. Some things to try, acting out the act without doing it: pull out hairs with tweezers (painful but harmless), drip red ink on yourself, plunge hands into ice water, draw on yourself, take up a violent martial art, get a punching bag and hit it till your exhausted, etc. There are various web sites about this stuff, too. You aren’t alone.

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Name : PW, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 33, City : Sydney, State : NA, Country : Australia, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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