I was just reading in a book call New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder that it can be very helpful to use an icecube against the wrist instead of cutting. Apparently the icecube is cold enough to sort of hurt thus producing the feeling of relief but not so cold that it causes long term damage. It of course is just a stop gap method until one develops better coping strategies and skills.
Carrie

<font color=blue>The important thing is this: to be able at any momeent to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.--Charles Du Bos