I don't have many noticable scars. I do most of my cutting on my palms which take a rather deep cut to leave a scar and the scars that are there are lost among the other lines. There is only one that is real noticable, it was my first time cutting. I find that interesting. My other SI involve needles and such and leave small marks that are hard to see or are internal. When I have a new injury I get sad as it heals, I have no pride in the injury and little shame. I hide them because they are mine and like others am afraid those who see them may not understand.
Carrie

<font color=green>But the implicit and usually unconscious bargain we make with ourselves is that, yes, we want to be healed, we want to be made whole, we're willing to go some distance, but we're not willing to question the fundamental assumptions upon which our way of life has been built, both personally and societally.--Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft