I have severe depression and have been physically unable to go to school because of it for about a year, I have been doing work and earning ncea credits nonetheless but that's just how it is for me at the moment.

Its come to my attention that when I get overwhelmed I hit myself, and scratch myself(with the intent of hurting myself). my ex gf used to cut and was rather open about it to me, but I never admitted my self-harm tendencies because I didn't want anyone around me to be worried, is this something I should talk about to my family? does it even count as self-harm?

I have a theory that I don't want the people around me to be hurt so I don't talk about it to them, its taken a lot of effort for me to be able to post it here and the only reason I have done so is because this account is *relatively* anonymous.