I am thinking that using less severe methods should be celebrated! I know the goal is to be completely self injury free but it takes many small steps to get up to the top of the mountain. Changing your habits from severe to less severe is a good accomplishment. And suppose a year down the road something goes wrong and the urge comes over you? Now you have smaller options to get over the hump rather then always focusing on the big guns. You know what I mean. So many people come here and say how they have made it a year or 18 months and suddenly something really upsetting happened and they just can't seem to cope with it. All they think about is the big action because that is what they always used before. Now you have minor options too.
I will just shut up now. I just think you should be proud of yourself for the effort you have made to come this far on the journey.
Carrie