accidental self harm?

[enjoying_my_insanity]

so i was taking apart my razor cuz i really wanted the blades from it and it slipped and part of it flew across the room and the handle cut my hand from my thumb (like where it attaches to your hand) down and around to the base of my wrist. i liked it but at the same time i didnt...it was when i was going to cut so (stupid question) is this self harm still?

[georgiamay]

No. I wouldn't class it as self harm. You didn't do it intentionally, and self harm is always intentional. A lot of the time I'll catch my hand on a frying pan by accident and enjoy the pain, but it isn't self harm, because it was an accident.

It doesn't matter what the circumstances were, if you didn't mean to do it, it isn't self harm.

[Fiction]

Basically what Georgia said. I do it too, accidental injury but enjoy it, but that doesn't mean it's self harm.

[enjoying_my_insanity]

ok thanks...now to come up with an excuse for it cuz i obviously cant tell my parents what really happened...or to find a way to hide it

[Fiction]

Say your razor broke?

[Fact]

No. I wouldn't class it as self harm. You didn't do it intentionally, and self harm is always intentional. A lot of the time I'll catch my hand on a frying pan by accident and enjoy the pain, but it isn't self harm, because it was an accident.

It doesn't matter what the circumstances were, if you didn't mean to do it, it isn't self harm.

↨ what these two said basically. If it was non-intentional it doesn't count.

Basically what Georgia said. I do it too, accidental injury but enjoy it, but that doesn't mean it's self harm.

Say your razor broke?

↑ most likely the best excuse. If you're not ready to talk about it to anyone who notices, a simple lie is the best bet.

[Mike321]

Like everyone else has said, it was an accident, you didnt do it intentionaly so its not self harm.
I do it all the time when I'm working.
And if anyone does notice, just say something like what Kathy suggested

[spfreak]

Yeah since it was an accident, not sh. you don't have to stress over it.