Once in awhile people notice injuries or scars on my person. One friend in particular seems to notice everything. Just today my husband asked about a bad bruise. Usually I shrug it off and say "I don't know how I got that" or "I fell when walking the dogs" or "a branch attacked me on my walk". Before we were married, my husband asked about a bad scar. I responded with "I don't want to talk about it." He has never mentioned it again. I feel bad hiding something like this from my husband, but how do you explain to someone that sometimes you just have to hurt yourself?

I'm not sure what site it was at (it was quite awhile ago since I read it), but they had a funny list of ways to respond when someone questions injuries or scars.

I do my best to hide my behavior, but sometimes people do notice. Does anyone have any ideas on what to say when someone asks about injuries? Besides the truth.

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