This may get deleted but I can't find anywhere else to post this, so I apologize. I would never encourage or glamorize harming yourself this is just my own issue I'm currently struggling with and don't really know who to talk to about it...
I've been cutting since college, it honestly started after my first tattoo. I'd never felt as relaxed and relieved as I had after that session and figured it must have been the pain that made me feel that way so I gave it a try.
I never cut to go deep, and always cut on my shoulders to avoid any accidental attention from others.
I'm 28 now and have been cutting for about 6 years, usually on or off a couple of months.
It's gotten fairly bad recently because I've started wondering how it's any different than a tattoo. If I tattooed a black line on my body every time I wanted to cut what would the difference be? That's what I ask myself.
Im starting worry that im spiraling a little, because it was rare that id have more than 4-6 cuts at a time before they healed, and I currently have 20-30 healing rn, and just can't find the reason to stop.