My T knows about the SI and at least every other session if not every session she brings it up as sort of a check in. She doesn't ask a lot of questions. I think she is just gageing if it has gotten worse, moved to different areas, etc. She's never asked me to stop, I think she is just opening the door if I want to talk about it more. I think she is trying to get to the point where we can talk about what the triggers are, but honestly I'm not ready for that yet.

As far as the release, I think it is seeing the blood after the cutting. I also burn and there is something about physically feeling the heat slowly fade that parallels emotionally feeling the anxiety calm down in my head. Don't know if that makes sense, but it's what I experience.