I haven't had my annual physical this year yet, and i'm kind of worried. No one else that I know knows about my SI, and i worry about what will happen when my doctor sees my scars. I used to cut into the skin with my nails, not enough to draw blood, but enough to leave a scar. Last year, i covered up those scars by scratching over them until it was sore, so the slight scabbing hid the cut scars, and i told my doctor that i had been itching really bad there, like when you just go into a scratching frenzy. Well, he believed it, but i don't think i can do the same thing with these scars; razor scars are different than nail-cut scars, and there are too many. If scratch over all of my cut areas, it might look suspicious, and if i don't, it'll look suspicious anyway. I'm not looking forward to telling him about my SI--i'm not looking forward to telling anyone about my SI. But i have a question: if he does find out, because i'm only 17, is he required to tell my mom about it? My mom is absolutely the LAST person i would want to find out about it, because she's already got enough ***** on her plate, and i don't want to add on to it, nor do i want to disappoint her.