Ug, it frustrates me so much when people immediately equate self harm with BPD. Many people without BPD self harm and there are lots of different reasons why people do it. When I was self harming, I was going into a dissociative state. It was from my depression and PTSD, and, yes, I was angry. It was not because I had BPD though. I won't hijack the thread to go into why I was cutting and then burning, but, like I said, you can self harm as part of depression, as part of PTSD, schizophrenia, autism...all sorts of reasons.

Also, I personally wouldn't describe having one incident as qualifying as having problems with self harm...you were looking for an outlet for your emotions, and you chose not to do it...I think if you can keep reminding yourself that it's not healthy and to remove all temptations, like don't take knives into your room alone, etc., you will be okay. It doesn't sound like it's a compulsion for you at this point.

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