![]() She cut when she was depressed and would shut down emotionally. Penny, 36, first cut herself when she was 15 years old as a way of dealing with the emotional pain of having been raped by a family friend. ![]() There’s not always a timing or pattern to self-harm Although she hasn’t cut in six months, she’s still struggling with the issue. Her self-esteem, she says, was already low. Kirsten began cutting when she was 13 years old after her father made an insensitive comment about her acne. Vijayeta Sinh, PhD, owner of NYC Family Therapy, says children as young as 9 and 10, teens, college students, and even adults in their 40s and 50s cut. College students appear to be the group at the greatest risk with rates ranging from 17 to 35 percent.īut self-harm isn’t limited to a group, gender, or age. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine estimates that 1 to 4 percent of adults and approximately 15 percent of teens in the United States engage in self-harm. Cutting does not have a profile or pattern
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