I’m coming out the other side of a relapse and despite feeling more stable than I have done in a long time I’m finding it hard to break the habit of self harming. 

I don’t even know what’s wrong with me, I just get this overwhelming urge to cut myself and I end up sort of spacing out and disassociating. Next thing I know I’ve got cuts and I’m trying to explain to my family why I’m wearing long sleeves when it’s boiling outside. 

Does anyone else have experience of this? My therapist thinks I may be addicted to it but I don’t know why. Coping skills don’t seem to work.