I'm a 23 year old female who has dealt with self harm for a little over ten years now. This is a habit (addiction? hobby?) that progressed to extremes for a while and then slowly fell back to less severe. These extremes have left my left arm covered in thick, thin and raised scars from the crick to the palm as well as my upper legs and stomach. I stopped cutting my body in visible places (arms, shoulders...etc) a little over three years ago when I met my SO. I think about hurting myself almost every day but give in only rarely. I miss the feelings but am very aware that it's not something I need to be doing. I work in a business consulting position and the last thing I need is clients wondering how stable an adult professional who cuts herself is. Not that the scars don't already give that answer away.

I guess what I'm getting at is how does everyone else cope? I worry that I am the only person who has brought this problem with me into adulthood. Perhaps everyone else turns 21 and goes, "Oh! It's time to graduate college and be an adult. No more childish coping mechanisms for me!". I worry that someday I'm going to crack again and add more scars to an arm that hasn't seen such things in years and I will be the only one.
Also, If anyone else has very visible scars, how do you deal with this in a professional setting?