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It's completely completely safe. Although its uncomfortable there's no way you can damage yourself by doing it. If you press REALLY hard there's a chance you'll end up passing out, it used to be my favourite pressure point when I did martial arts a lot. But you can't hurt yourself doing it, you're j...

Yes the urge does go away sometimes. I can think of a few of my friends who used to cut but now haven't in years.

Time heals a lot of things, it just sometimes takes a while. You might not ever forget stuff, but there will come a point where it doesn't hurt any more.

I don't know if this will work for anyone, but I suggested it to a friend and she said it helped her. If you feel you have to si and conventional coping strategies don't work because you want the pain, try pressing inwards with your fingers just under your ear. Really really really hurts but that's ...

There's human contact here and people who care. What more could you need?

Just let her know that it doesn't change how you feel about her and she doesn't have to be ashamed about it. However confused you're feeling, she's probably got it loads worse so just be there for her for now.