I went to this site about self-injury that i very rarely go to self-injury because sometimes i feel like the people on it, like/admire/brag about the self-injury that they do to themselves, and i dont think it’s too nice to praise it, or encourage it, especially if someone is trying to stop, it could just trigger it. Besides the fact that alot of the people there who talk about it, are underage. But nontheless, there is a part on the site that talks about hiding (or not) the scars left behind, which was of interest to me because summer is finally here and i’m concerned about my new dark scars. But there are some comments made by si’ers that i find a bit interesting:
“I don’t hide it much. My parents know and have simply give up on trying to make me stop. All my friends know, so I don’t normally feel uncomfortable around them. If I’ve done a particularly bad cut then I’ll just wear sweaters, so as not to get a lecture from someone. Otherwise i just let it go… people can think or say what they want about me cutting myself. I could care less because I know the truth.” [female, age 16, began to SI at age 12-13]
The only time that I hide it is at work. Due to the nature of my job I don’t feel that my many large scars would present a professional image to the other people that I work with. Outside of work I do not try to hide it. It is not something that I feel I should be ashamed of. It is a visible symptom of my illness and it is a part of who I now am, people either accept or they don’t, the choice is theirs’. [male, age 32, began to SI at age 28, Security]
At least they have a trigger warning….
