Scars.
 

Do you hide your scars or are you not too bothered about people seeing them?

When I first started cutting... infact for the first few years I was soooo paranoid about someone finding out about my SI. I wore jumpers all the time even when it was really hot. I'd avoid all my PE lessons cos I was just too scared of anyone seeing the marks on my arms and thinking I was a freak.

These days, I wear whatever clothes I like and I'm not really too bothered if anyone sees my arms. It's not cos I'm confident about myself, not really... I'm just past caring...

I don't get any remarks from people. I don't know if that's cos no one notices or cos they just don't know how to react to it lol

So I just wondered how many of you hide your scars and how many of you don't bother about it? x

I always cover my scars, I can't imagine not covering them
I am generally very self concious plus I am in a sixth form at an all girls school and well girls are very bitchy and blergh. so I would probably get alot of rude remarks around school as people I know have done.
Although I am now going to have some scars that I won't actually be able to hide..so yeah other than that I always hide them.

I hide all my scars.

Like unique princess said, I can't imagine not covering them. The only execption to that is that on occasion I'll wear 3/4 lengths, despite having some scars on my legs, though I haven't even felt confident enough to do that lately.

^^ yeah occasionally I wear 3/4 black trousers to college but I always wear tights and if I wear skin coloured tights I wear 2 pairs..

I always hide them.
I only show them when they are really faded, or when I can't hide them ie. at work my arms are on show.
So, yeah most of the time they're hidden.

i always hide them, mainly cos im under 18 and its liekly if anyoen saw my parents would be informed/find out. some peopel have seen accidetally though, and tis cause probelms. also i dont want people thinkign im some kind of freak, or if they are someone i'm not ocmfertabel talking to, to get me to talk abotu why.

My scars are always hidden. Even the ones on my hands I try to hide by only buying tops with sleeves long enough to pull down over them.

Can't imagine showing my scars. They're mine.

I always hide my scars,
Alot of it is to do with not upsetting my family, they don't really know the extent of my SI

Actually It's more the fact that I'm still cutting and that I'm hiding actual cuts
If I just had arms full of scars I do think I've reached the point where I wouldn't care about people seeing them,
But I'd hate for people to see fresh cuts, thats just too much...

I dont care. As far as I'm concerned...my scars are proof that I'm surving. I'm still living. Still pulling through. And if someone has a problem with that...well **** them.
I am more self conscious about the scars on my legs...mainly about guys thinking im high maintainance because of them...but after one guys reaction...I wouldnt say I'm entirely at easy with them...but they arent so much of a problem.

I dont cover them much now, only fresh cuts I cover....

i hide my wrist. i hate it
my leg not so much as its not obviously SI

I used to hide them all the time. Now as long as there are no new cuts I will wear t-shirts at home (I live with my dad+his gf) though I would never take my hoody off near my mum/anyone else.

I always cover my arms, I can't imagine someone seeing them.

The only place I don't cover is my legs, I don't mind people seeing them. But they don't know what they are. I always say that I gets them from working out in the forest. They will never guess what they are, cos many of them believe that the cutter only have scars on their wrist

I usually hide them

lately, I've cut in really obvious places on purpose to punish myself, but I generally tend to keep the worst of it covered.

I don't give a crap.
It's my problem until they make it their problem.

I hide my scares mainly becuse I am Afriad of what my Parents would do if thay see them :sad:

I hide my leg scars, and in Gym people pretty much know so i wear gymnastic pants and t shirts. I wear sleves and pants most of the time, never show off my legs to my mum cause she doesnt know bout my legs, but i wear t shirts at home when shes around. I feel guilty tho, cause my sisters see it and I'm afraid they'll do it.

new cuts I always hide, SI is my problem, no one else's. At uni I'm not as careful as I used to be with scars, but at home no-one ever sees them. It would be my worst nightmare

i try and hide as much as poss, although at work this is impossible as we HAVE to wear short sleeved tunics. work im not too bothered tho, alot of people know now or have seen so dont ask too many questions.
however around home life i hide as much as poss to the extent i sometimes wear my mittens the whole time im visiting home incase my sleeve slips and exposes my wrist. i try not to give a f*** but can be quite difficult

always hide them, I self very self conscious even if a tiny scar is on show, plus seeing cuts upsets my friends so I don't want to do that to them, dancing, cuts on legs, not easy, two pairs of pink tights on at the same time it's quite hot, plus dancing = I'm hot grr I just wish I didn't have to hide sometimes...