isn't a very good way of dealing with problems, but in the short term it works well and that's why it's hard to give it up. That's also why slipping up can be so easy; it's a case of 'better the devil you know' in some ways - you know self harm's not great, but it works. So why both trying to find something else? If you recognise that slipping up is simply one way of letting you know that what you're doing isn't working it's much easier to let it go. Don't beat yourself up for cutting when you're trying to stop. Acknowledge it, allow yourself to cut once even, but then continue with quitting. Go back over the methods I've talked about - examine why you needed to cut then, and what methods you were using to stop. Why didn't they work? What can you do next time you feel like that? Most importantly, don't make it so hard. Learn to recognise that every time you want to cut it's an alarm bell telling you that you need to find another way of release. You've made a list of things you enjoy, you're able to recognise when you're likely to want to self harm; with practice you can learn to use these other, better, ways of dealing with feelings and situations. A new way to count People talk about how many days they have been self injury free, then when they slip up they say "nine whole days