you know... the truth is i don't want to stop either...i have tried to just cut a little... when the urges get bad... i know just exactly where i want to cut... i can feel the place... so there have been times that i think...just take your nail and rub the place... and i can feel myself begin to disassociate... but not enough... so i take the blade and try to just rub it on my arm...then it just keeps on and gets more and more intense the more separated i feel from myself... so i guess what i am saying is... it doesn't work to well for me... seems i am an all or nothing kind of person... so just a little... isn't an option for me... take gentle care...lyn