I don't know what it's like to cut because I never found the courage to do so. But, I did use a rubber band to cause welts in my arms until my brother caught me harming myself and made me stop by constantly being around and never letting a single rubber band come near me. But, it wasn't to silence words or mind blank that I hurt myself but rather to feel. There is a void that feels nothing and doesn't care. And every once in awhile it also stops my body's natures response to breathe. And I used the rubber bands to feel again. To feel something in the midst of nothing.
so I hope that this place will be the sanctuary that you can run too instead of to the feeling that cutting gives you.
hugs you gently and adds a nip for fun.