I did not mean to imply that you personally have been trained badly, or that you are doing anything illegal (like I said, it depends on frequency and severity and I had no idea where your situation fits with that). You were curious about experience or motivation behind telling employers, and the things I raised were just those that, in my opinion, are important things to reflect on.
I think your experience is very likely to make you an empathic and understanding nurse, and don't dispute that you wouldn't judge others harshly for self-harming. Rather, I just think that training programmes in any area of healthcare have a responsibility to encourage reflexive practice. You pride yourself on being better at empathising with clients because of your own past, but my reference to your course was that I think it should have allowed you to hone those skills rather than being left with a lot of anxiety about your scars etc.
|