'I used to harm to calm myself'

It progressed to cutting her legs with a compass and burning her skin with a cigarette lighter.

“I used to feel like an outsider,” says Ms Eaton, 24, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

“I always felt under pressure to fit in. I was never a party girl getting wasted or drunk. I wasn’t popular and I used to harm to calm myself down. It’s like plunging your head in cold water. It stops the pain.”

Ms Eaton is now recovering with the help of mental health specialists.