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I guess that seems like a bit of an odd question. It CAN certainly be considered SI... but I think that most people think of SI as a bigger problem, and most people HERE are here because they struggle or have struggled with it -- not simply tried it once.

By definition, it's self-injury. But you've been blessed to avoid most of the negatives -- the addiction, lying about it and trying to hide it, trying to quit over and over...

I hope that answers your question. I think of it much like alchoholism. Many people drink. Some drink a little, and some drink a lot. Some don't drink at all. Alchoholics are USUALLY people who drink a lot or used to drink a lot. However, there are alchoholics who only drank a little. Certainly taking a drink doesn't MAKE you an alchoholic.

Anyway, drinking isn't nearly as harmful as SI, but there are parallels. There's no commonly used term for the psychological addiction to SI, but it's definitely out there. You cut once, much as many people drink occasionally. You don't have a problem with it (and didn't have an ongoing problem with it) much like a person who has a drink here and there, but doesn't abuse it.
 
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