Does scratching count as self harm if I don't bleed?
beautifulBreeze48
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Aug 26, 2015
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Self-harm is defined as the intentional and direct injuring of oneself. Based on this definition, if you are scratching yourself in order to injure yourself it is self-harm.
RosyFlames
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Aug 28, 2015
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Yes, it does. You are essentially and by technicaloty hurting yourself. It's causing you pain, it is self harm.
eve8414
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Aug 30, 2015
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yes scratching does count as self harm even though your not bleeding because your still inflicting pain to your self
Anonymous
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Aug 30, 2015
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Everything that includes hurting yourself on purpose is considered as a self-harm behavior, even if there are no such consequences as bleeding.
PopstarKittyCat
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Sep 5, 2015
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I always have this problem when I get extremely angry. It's more of an anger problem, or anxiety problem in my experience. I would say it is on the way to self harm.
UniqueLife
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Sep 6, 2015
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It count. Anything that causes pain counts, including scratching, pressing your nails to your skin, etc.
Anonymous
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Sep 11, 2015
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I would say yes. You still have an intent to harm yourself. There's a difference between scratching yourself because of an itch, and scratching yourself to cause harm to your body.
MakNew22
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Sep 16, 2015
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Yes. Anything that you do to yourself with the intent to harm yourself is consider self harm. It doesn't matter if you bleed. Doing harm to your self no matter what it is, is considered self harm.
scumkin
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Sep 20, 2015
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If it is self inflicted and done with the intention of hurting, then it yes it does count as self harm.
Anonymous
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Sep 20, 2015
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Yes it does count as self harm and any sort of scratching that leaves a mark or bleeds is self harm
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