that you will be able to rely on when you get the urge to self harm. They're things you enjoy doing, so it should be easy to say 'instead of self harming I'm going to finish that book I started on the weekend'. But as well as replacing self harm with things that you enjoy, it's worth trying to work other mechanisms into your daily routine so that if and when the urge to self harm hits, you'll have other things to replace it with. Join a gym, or a new class and review your eating, drinking and sleeping patterns. Start taking steps to 'out' some of the things that affect you during the day that you would normally keep to yourself. Try as many new coping mechanisms as you can. You've already made a list of things you enjoy, but go for a walk, or a ride; help others on Scar Tissue or elsewhere (online or off) or take a look at starting new ways of expressing yourself. A new instrument, a new journal, a set of paints or something else creative. These are all things that will reduce your need to self harm, and the great thing is they'll do it often without you realising it. Try the 15 minute rule or other distraction techniques. It might not help, but then again it might - you won't know until you try. Break your habits - try throwing away all but the most necessary of tools. You can do