[Grammar] "I have started" or "I started"

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asphyxia

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Hello.
I have a question. Which is correct in this sentence:

"I have started eating raw fish and I think I'll die soon" or I started without "have" is enough? What is a difference?
 

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Piscean, I think you mean 'at some earlier time'.
 

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I think Piscean means 'at some later time after starting eating raw fish', but I am not a teacher.
 
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I think Rover_KE means 'stopped eating it at some earlier time before now', but I am not a teacher.
 
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