First off, no matter what you did now three months of not cutting is awesome. It's not a small thing. You should be proud of yourself. Cutting is not something we do because we are bored and nothings on tv. You worked with whatever demons you had and didn't cut for three months. Never short change yourself for that. I haven't done that yet. Your three months seems like a lifetime to me, an inspiration. Now with that being said if you are trying to negotiate rather something you are doing is self harm or not......it is. We all do this. At least I hope so. It's just a scratch that can't count, oh it didn't need stitches so it isn't so bad.....it's what we say to ourselves and if you say it long enough it sounds true and you are right back into the cycle. So while yes I do believe you are self harming, it doesn't mean you start all over. It doesn't erase the fact that you were winning for 3 months. It just means you are struggling a bit and need some more help. That's ok.....it's normal. No one wins this race in one shot so don't beat yourself up. I'm still celebrating going hours, some are at days, and you my dear were at months. Don't feel defeated because you arent.

Great job on three months! Now, when I was in intensive treatment, we discussed the difference between a slip and a relapse. A slip is when you make a mistake, and you pick yourself right back up and keep going. A relapse is when you slip and then fall back into old, negative habits. So hold onto your three months! That's awesome! Keep going! Is scratching self-harm? Yes. No way around that. But catch yourself now. Get back up and keep going on the road to recovery.

Regardless of what it would be called it is self harm regardless if their was blood... However its a great thing being self harm free for 3 months, this means you can do it, yes its not easy but dont take this little bump as a fail, take it as yes you had a bad day you choose to harm but that does not mean all is lost. Just get back on track it happens to us all we are clean for a while and then we slip.... Now if you slip a little but get right back up great keep going. if you slip and it takes you a while to get your self back up ok, if you slip and say all is lost and never try to get back on the path of being harm free then sadly its weakness taking over as it is easier to give up then to fight on.
So yes, its self harm.. but that does not mean that you have to give up, you can re-count or keep counting with a little slip in the count. I went two years clean and I slipped up on a bad day but I got back up, that is the point that really matters is that you got back up and you notice hey it was a weakness but its not worth it and you go forward. So learn from it, you made a mistake your not interested in falling back so that was then and this is now, and move forward strong. :)