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Originally Posted by Girl_Interrupted
I self harm anyway, using methods I won't mention (I don't want to give people ideas, or remind them/trigger) but I was thinking about something just now.
When I'm cooking, if I accidently burn myself, I never go and put it under cold water. Sometimes I have, but most of the time I don't, because it's like, I don't know how to explain it, I want to keep that pain, that scar, just like I would if I did it deliberatley.
Would you class this as self harm, or just being stupid? :P
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I'd consider it self harm. Here's why.. per your 1st paragraph you currently self harm. You intend to do it, and you enjoy the consequences of that action. The 2nd paragraph while it's an accident.. you're still enjoying the consequences rather than taking care of the wound.
So.. whether it's intentional or accident is really irrelevent, because your logic after the incident is the same.