There’s no easy way to stop self harm. It’s a hard addiction to stop, but I’ve done it and so have many others. The first thing I did was to find a therapist that I could have a honest relationship with. I was already going to therapy, but I felt uncomfortable with the therapist I had, so, with my parents help, I found a new one. I was completely honest with her and she helped me figure out my triggers and how to deal with them without self harming. I also learned that relapsing doesn’t mean that you’re a failure. It means that you’re struggling, and that’s ok! I threw out all of my razors and I stopped going to drug stores for a couple of months. That really helped me because it made self harm so much harder. You have to be really determined to stop in order to actually do so. Stopping because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do won’t work. You have to be hella determined to overcome this addiction, but it’s possible.