As a teen I was hospitalized for 6 months because of my cutting. The problem had grown to where I would literally run from a room to go do it if I felt upset. The effect was like a drug and the association formed in my brain kept me powerless to communicate upset feelings by talking. In fact, I bottled all my feelngs up before I started with cutting. In the hospital I was encouraged to draw color pictures, which were always of inner demons and conflicts. I was putting them out into view, into the light. Cutting kept them inside me. After I was discharged, I got curious and was tempted to see how a cut would feel. It hurt so bad and stung for weeks because I no longer had those internalized problems that had numbed me from the inside out. Life that way was crippling. It's 40 years past, but people notice all those scars. First thoughts when it comes to insurance purposes are that any injury to me, I did myself and will likely not be compensated. My reasons for stopping were that I outgrew the need. I wish it had been because I cared for and valued myself. Because I didn't, most of the ways I coped were short-sighted and came back to bite me; i.e. were unhealthy or "bad", meaning ineffective as a strategy. My wish for you is that your reason for stopping can include caring for and valuing yourself.