(Photo by Amir Prellberg/The Daily Eastern News)

Renee Yohe grew up in a good home but started struggling with anxiety and depression when she was young. She began cutting herself when she was 12 years old. “It started out as [me] having no idea what I was doing and [I] had no idea it would become an addiction for me,” Yohe said. “After the first time I did it, my parents become aware of it and this really hurt them and kept me from doing it for a long time.”

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