I recently cut myself intentionally on three different occasions. I know what the medical textbooks say about self-harming, but in my case I have no idea what's going on. I do know that I have an unhealthy amount of self-hatred. I don't know what fuels it, though. 

I'm not asking anyone here to tell me what's wrong with me or explain what's going on. I know none of you can read my mind (though I believed so at one time), and even if you did it wouldn't be of any help because my mind is a mystery even to myself.

All I know is I'm scared of the cutting becoming a habit I can't rid myself of. So to those who go through this and are willing to share openly, what helped or helps you with coping?