I hide them pretty much all the time, because I don't want my family to know, or nosy people to bother me about them.
I don't bother at home though, because my boyfriend already outed me to our roommates, and I think they all feel too awkward about it to say anything, so to hell with all of them, I wear what I want around here.
I dont have scars (not from SI anyway, i have plenty from being clumsy). But i was still SI'ing, i would my recent cuts to throw people off the case and to prevent them correctly guessing. But older cuts i didnt mind, they could have come from anywhere, and no-one needed to know. I dont know what i'd do if i had scars. If only a few, i wouldnt cover them, a few more isnt obvious, but it had been a lot, i relly dont know.
Regardless of whether is from confidence or lack of caring, not covering them is a brave step.
~He accepts that ambiguity and compromise are a part of life, but he doesn’t necessarily like it. It’s not his way to dwell in gray areas, not to try and resolve complex situations. And yet, if he’s really honest with himself, this time he doesn’t care. He surrenders to what he wants, not what he must. ~
i go through phases...
when ive been feeling really depressed and have alot of fresh wounds i always cover because im ashamed.
but once i start feeling better and they heal a little i dont care who sees them. they are like survival badges and very few people ever see them for what they are.
I never hide my scars/cuts. I don't see why i should tbh.
It's like any other illness. You see a man coming down the street in a wheelchair. Just the same.
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That's such a great point Rebecca!
Sadly, a lot of people think it's ok to take a bad attitude towards mental illness, call us crazy etc, so I can understand why many people are worried about what people will think.
Seriously though if someone make a comment about a person who had a physical illness or disability there'd be an outrage! I don't see why it should be any different with mental illness tbh.
"And if I seem a little strange, well, that's because I am."
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I would never think of showing any ovious scars. The scars on my arm I try to hide, with jumpers and gloves; these scars are more recent and are nowhere near fading. However, the scars on my legs (from my earlier SI) are semi-faded and I feel okay with them on show.
I don't hide them, I really don't care if people see. They're not going to go away and I'm not going to spend the rest of my life in short sleeves. I don't care what people think, anyway. They should have better things to worry about.
I hide them if I'm going to be around kids (or my gran, lol).
I never go out of my way to cover up my scars unless Im going to a friends or something and have specifically ask for me to cover them which I respect. Every other time Im just like wearing short sleeves and whatever and if people ask me about them or stare at them I just stare back and use the whole "dont take the moral high ground with me or else stance" cos it just makes me angry if they treat me any differently and I just tell them so. At home I couldnt care less what my mum or brother think about it either =]
I WILL FORGET THOSE THAT HAVE HURT ME
BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME
