Originally Posted by
sopranonut
It doesn't matter how bad it is, if you are delibrately harming yourself in any way, or causing yourself pain, then it is self harm.
It doesn't matter how deep or 'bad' it is.
Yes.
That's all my self harm has ever been, really. But it's still hurting yourself. It leaves a mark.
Try not to define yourself as a self harmer, though. Rather as someone who's in distress and needs help in finding safer ways of managing that distress. It sounds like you starting to minimise the harm you do to yourself, and that's good.