YOU SAID:
I wanted to die since I was 8.
INTO JAPANESE
8歳の頃から死にたいと思っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've wanted to die since I was eight years old.
INTO JAPANESE
8歳の頃から死にたいと思っていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I've wanted to die since I was eight years old.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.