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There are many cutting threads and resources available. Check either the Life Issues FAQ (or whatever they're calling it these days) at the top of Life Issues, or the Link List here (or whatever Butters named it). Basically, yes, you can become addicted to cutting (in a not so literal sense), and yes, it's best that you seek professional help. The only way to overcome an addiction is admitting you're an addict.

If you're at all motivated by guilt, it might help to promise close friends/family that you'll stop cutting. That's the only thing keeping me going, personally. I had a really big problem with cutting a few years ago, and I still have issues with it sometimes today. Even right now, I'm having feelings of desire to cut. It happens on my bad days. So...right now, I'd probably be off the computer, giving into it, except for I promised my fiancee that I wouldn't cut unless I talked to her first and she allowed it (which she never does). I'm very guilt-prone, so it works for me sweatdrop

Anyway, even with that, the best thing you could do would be talk to a therapist. I know that if you go to the wrong people, they can make things a lot worse, instead of better. My parents had me go to one a few years ago, and she didn't help at all. She didn't listen to me at all, and believed me when I said that I'd stopped cutting (I can be a compulsive liar when I'm in uncomfortable settings, which I think should have set off red flags for the therapist if she was really worth anything =/ Plus I was covering up my recent marks with very conspicuous wristbands, and she didn't even allude to checking under them). However, it is possible to find someone who clicks with you, and can help you a lot. I suggest looking for someone who specializes in anxiety, instead of just general therapy. If anything, you can try out one therapist, and then change to a different one if you're not comfortable with that person. I found a guy a few months ago who was really great, he was an anxiety and relaxation therapist, who was also a hypnotist. Unfortunately I haven't been able to afford to go back to him, but I'm hoping to be able to eventually ^_^; But, if anything, it means that there are worthwhile therapists out there, if you're willing to look.

I wouldn't suggest going to a school counselor. They're okay, in an emergency, but unfortunately they deal more with class schedules and student applications than with real psychological issues =/ I mean, I wasn't even comfortable enough with my school counselors to tell them that I was a lesbian, and that's a pretty basic fact with me ^^;

Overall, just try to wean yourself away from cutting. Try to go as long as possible without giving into the urges. It will be hard, for sure, and you'll probably struggle with it for a very long time. However, the longer you go without it, the easier it will be to resist it. I promise <3 In the meantime, try snapping a rubber band across your arms, or scrapping something over your arms to the point of being red, but not to the point of bleeding. It should help at least a bit.