[TakeTheLeap]

I don't think there's such a thing as "careful" cutting. As hard as you try, the possibilities of hitting the veins and infections are still there. They always will be.

There are plenty of other ways to release stress and anxiety that pose absolutely no threat to your physical or mental state.
Honestly, I think that cutting does cloud your mental state a bit. Instead of getting rid of or coping with whatever is causing you the stress, pain, anger, anxiety, you're simply masking it, and making yourself believe that the pains of life no longer exist. The fact is, those problems don't go away just because you temporarily masked the pain. Cutting makes coping a lot more difficult.