Showing scars
 

Hi,

I work behind 2 bars, and have recently started wearing bracelets and/or long sleeved tops under my work uniform. Since we got a new bar manager at one of the jobs anyway.

One bar we have a lot of regulars, the other is a sports club with private members, so I know a lot of them.

Showing my arms makes me anxious and can set off my anxiety, but I know in summer it'll be too warm and I'll have to. how do I go about doing it now?

If anyone can reply quickly, that'd help - I'm at work in an hour. The ones I'm worrying about are about a month old and on my wrist. Last time I kept my bracelets in the car, and then had to go get them because I was too anxious. I lasted about 10 minutes.

As they get older it will be a lot easier. They will fade and won't be as noticeable.

In the meantime, you could experiment with makeup on your wrist to cover that.

Alternately, you could try wearing a watch or a wide hairband - they make pretty ones that remind me of ribbons now.

Could you wear a top that you can pull up the sleeves of then you can leave it up for as long as you feel comfortable then cover up again when you get anxious and try to increase the amount of time you have the pull up in any one go?

Decided against doing it at all x

Well you've got some ideas for the future.

Showing your scars can be rough. I still get really scared showing mine but when I'm nervous I try to wear things that will cover them. Since yours are on your arms long sleeves, bracelets, watches, hair ties, and makeup But if your not wanting to hid them try to do what I did when I worked I stayed busy so no one could see them or if someone did I came up with a whitey comment or something and quickly changed the topic.