I told my T that I had not self harmed the last 2 days. She asked what changed. I told her it started to hurt, so I am taking a break. She said it showed self-care to be able to recognize that I don't want to cause myself more physical pain... I guess that's good. Progress?

I start an IOP on Monday (orientation meeting tomorrow) where I was told that they have a zero-tolerance policy for self harm... I will have to ask tomorrow what that means exactly. I know I should stop, but it's a weaning-off process, not something that can be done cold-turkey.

::shrugs:: just needed to tell someone that, since my wife does not know I had been self-harming recently...