like bipolarbear said having someone help you and finding non injurious ways is the best way but for me the more stress put on having someone like a therapist on my back about it and the idea that I shouldn't or can't because someone tells me I shouldn't or can't only makes me think about doing it even more. Kind of like putting an alcoholic or drug user in a wine/liqeur/ meth lab cellar and saying you can't drink or do any of this. Self injury is an adiction and for me I started when I was around 10-13 years old. Im 42 now. I tried the cold turkey/monkey on the back kinds of things and I only ended up cutting worse and not caring what I did it with- razor, broken plates and mirrors, nails rusty or not, pencils pens, paper clips, safety pins, broken toys, it didn't matter, and neither did the where and who was around when I did it. I just wanted it and I was going to get in no matter who or what went down in the process. with a therapist and and finding other non injury ways is the best but for those who can't go that route my day by day program above works for me.