Not counting them

[Megson]

I've been "SH free" for 10 days now, I think.

But, the thing is, I have SHed in a few minor ways. One day, I found a lighter and held in several inches away from my wrist. It didn't hurt much, but it did kind of singe some of my arm hair.
Also, I found a new 'instrument' and I tested it to see if it would work. Not badly, I just pressed it into my wrist to see if it would break skin.
I've scratched myself with various objects that are slightly sharp, but don't actually cut into the skin in the passed few days.

None of these were even major enough to make me bleed. So, I'm not really counting them. But I'm wondering if I should? Do I deserve to claim I've been SH free for 10 days, or should I downgrade myself back to day 0?

[AlmostHomeless]

This reminds me of summer camp this summer. I'll sum up what we found out about things like this in our discussions (not sh discussions but it still applies).

Basically it all comes down to your definition of harm so whether you are SH free for 10 days or not depends on who is interpreting what you did as harmful or not. And that's if you want to define self-harm as strictly causing any kind of harm to yourself. In short it's a highly subjective label (sh free) and is very hard to determine conclusively while staying 100% objective (if possible at all).

Personally I would say 80% SH free for 10 days. So I guess you still did harm yourself but you stayed mostly away from it. That's good. I hope this helped, and congrats. I never get much past 5 or 6.

[AncientCatastrophe]

It means that your still in the progress or not doing SH, its a good thing though
You cannot remove the urge in just a single day

[Weeping]

Well, I usually.. Pinch/scratch myself with a needle, bite/drag off the skin around my nails, pinch myself, hit myself and stuff A LOT of the time when I'm in school, but I'm totally unable to count it.

If someone else says they do this or something like it, I'd totally count it, but when it comes to me I just can't.