Self Injury

I have a class where I am doing a paper, a presentation, and developing a short teaching series on the topic of Self Injury.  I'm just doing a little informal research and have a couple polls on the right hand side-please vote.  

I am also interested in hearing any stories you may wish to share.  I would like to hear about:

-Any relationship you've had with someone who self injures

If you Self Injure, or have in the past, please tell me:

-History of abuse, if any

-Any addictions concurrent to, prior to, or after Self Injury

-What your relationships looked like with your friends, family, God

-Any other disorders that were present (PTSD, Depression, Bi-Polar, Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality, etc)

-Age of onset and length of duration

-Did you dissociate?

-Were you suicidal or develop suicidal ideations?

-Description of how you felt immediately prior injuring, during the act, and afterward

-Was it methodical and planned, or spontaneous?

-Frequency of injuring

-What kept you coming back to Self Injury?

-How long has it been since you've last injured yourself?

-How often do you have the desire to harm yourself?

-What were some of the reasons you quit, if you have?

-What would you like people to know about Self Injury?

For people interested in responding, please don't let that list of questions scare you away-don't feel like you need to answer everyone of them or that they need to be long answers.  Please make your comments post as anonymous if you answer any of the questions.

Thank you for your input!

Timmery