This concept of being "good" or "bad" regarding cutting reminded me of a tape I was listening to a while ago. It's a program by Dr. Jonathan M. Chamberlain, about eliminating your "DSB's" which refers to Self Defeating Behaviors. The program looks at it from a religious perspective, but there is a secular version available also. SI is definitely an SDB, although it isn't one that is mentioned specifically. In defining SDB's, Dr. Chamberlain includes anything that is not in your best interest, or that is holding you back from maximizing your potential. What this discussion reminded me of was that he said, "All sins are SDB's, although there is some disagreement as to whether all SDB's are sins." So, anyway, I think that SI is something that can hold you back, and that is in our best interest not to do, but I don't think it is productive to label it as bad. If we feel like we are bad for doing it, we'll probably just do it more.