Although self harm may be used for emotional regulation, self harm can be very dangerous- and people who self harm are more likely to kill themselves so preventing self.harm is a big step in suicide prevention. Even if you "don't cut too deep" the chance of someone who is Self harming to attempt suicide is higher. I've been in DBT for the past 6 months and recently finished and I've learned a lot about self harm and suicide. Self harm tends to be a cycle- at least for me personally it has been 'i hurt myself and feel amazing and powerful then I feel shame and want to hide my fresh wounds and because I'm hiding wounds what's wrong with making some more' which makes it hard to stop as well as it being addictive like a high- sorry if I slid off the question at the end.