Hey there.
I wish I could be there and hug you now (that was meant to come out in a non-creepy way ^_^), but since I can't, I'll just offer you some support from here.
Six weeks is amazing! It's not lousy at all. That's over forty days since you last hurt yourself, and isn't that something to be proud of?
You shouldn't hate yourself for self-harming. It doesn't make you a bad person, after all; it just means you needed a way to cope, and happened to choose one that's maybe not the best. But that's no reason to hate yourself. It doesn't make you weak or stupid or anything. And the fact you reached out here for help actually makes you brave. You'd be amazed how many people suffer in silence because they can't find the courage to reach out and ask for help.
You ask what's wrong with you - here's the answer: nothing. Just because you self-harm, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you. It doesn't need to define you, to control you. You can break out of this cycle and overcome self-harm.
As for not knowing why you self-harm... perhaps you could keep a sort of 'self-harm diary'. Not details about the actual harming, but about you. For example, each time you self-harm, write down how you feel before/during/after it, what happened before it, why the thought first entered your mind, what you did to try and dispel the thought... just things like that, to help you figure out your triggers and motivations behind self-harming.
Stay safe.
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