I have to admit that all reasons mentioned is why I do it...strangely the day I was gonna stop and get a tatoo to cover it up I lashed out on my right arm. The left is scared enough and that is the arm i was gonna get a tatoo on. That was 3 days ago, today, I got the tatoo on my left arm and have 3 day old scars on my right. I think / thought I was done with this...but just as the thought came so did the action. I am tired of the vicious cycle it causes. My tatoo says "Just Breathe" and has initals of three important people on each flower. Two of them always tell me to "Just Breathe" when I am in crisis and want to cut. So with that I hope to stop, but again I feel i can not predict the outcome of my behavior when in emotional turmoil. I like the pain caused by the cutting.