Well, I am an irretrievable grownup (42 y/o) and I have a therapist, and cutting, regardless of where, doesn't have a thing to do with being suicidal. I think LMo is probably right about just getting a "talkin'-to," since I am in charge of my own life, not my parents.

The new rule of thumb is that if you aren't sexually active and you have had two previous normal paps, you can go 3 years in between having them, btw. It's the mammo they won't let you out of having yearly.

Also, cutting does not automatically equal borderline personality disorder. I don't fit a single one of the other criteria for ANY personality disorder, much less borderline. Non-psych docs like to tag young women with the BPD label when they cut because they don't know jack about psychiatry and they need to cover their butts.