[Girl_Interrupted]

For those that have pretty bad self harm scars or wounds, mainly in areas like arms or the bottom of legs, do you have the courage to walk around and wear a T-Shirt or a pair of shorts and let the world see your scars?

I've noticed a few people around my town with self harm scars that are hefty on show. There was a transgirl yesterday at my LGBT youth group, and she had it all on show. I was quite concerned for her since I don't want her to get any public bullying/comments.

Personally, I hide all mine. I won't wear a T-shirt under my pull-over hoodies in the summer, just because it gets so hot and I have no choice but to continue wearing a hoody. I just don't want that kind of attention, for people to point and stare, and for some little old lady to walk over or something and be like "are you OK dear?".

I used to only have scarring on the wrist, and I didn't mind then. They were old scars since I had moved my self-harming to thighs and stomach, and I had 1 or 2 people come over at my place of work like "Is everything OK? If you ever need a chat or anything, I'm here." D:

So for you, are you OK with it not hidden, or do you prefer to hide behind long trousers/long sleeve shirts etc.?

[cboxpalace]

There's one girl in the forum that used tattoo concealer to help..

Doglover5
Long wrap bracelets are great also! Especially the extra long ones that are adjustable because you can put them exactly where you want them and they stay there much better than the bangles, which for me slide all up and down my arm whenever I move it around. Also, especially when warmer weather hits & you get tired of bracelets (they got so annoying for me) and you start getting weird looks for wearing 759 pony tail holders on your wrist (lol okay not really that many), not to mention if you're around girls, there's always someone asking for one "since you have so many" lol-- anyway: save up & invest in some good tattoo concealer! And practice applying it! It's not great for scabs of course, but it's the best thing I've found for scars. Concealer for scars plus wrap bracelets for the newer stuff has proven a good combo for me. Hope that helps

[ba.ll.oo.n]

I only hide the scars on my thighs because I wrote ugly names there. I have scars on my forearms that I don't hide but don't overly exhibit either. So far no one has asked about them (thankfully). Other than that I have no idea if people notice because I tend to hide behind my sunglasses and look everywhere else but people's faces. I could never look a stranger in the eyes.

[tempest81]

I hide all my scars, for me personally I am sickened by what I have done to myself so by covering them up, they are like they are not there. Also I wouldn't want people looking at my arms because it is pretty awful, I hate being looked at in general, i get angry when people stare at me, so I wouldn't want to give any further reason for people to look at me. I hate the summer.

[ChaoticSymphony]

Got tattoos over my scars and I feel much better about them now. I would wear lots of braceletts to cover them before.

[hurricaneonabike]

I have the scars from from a few years ago. I get anxious and tell people I don't want to talk about it!

It's embarassing to me!

Originally Posted by Girl_Interrupted

For those that have pretty bad self harm scars or wounds, mainly in areas like arms or the bottom of legs, do you have the courage to walk around and wear a T-Shirt or a pair of shorts and let the world see your scars?

I've noticed a few people around my town with self harm scars that are hefty on show. There was a transgirl yesterday at my LGBT youth group, and she had it all on show. I was quite concerned for her since I don't want her to get any public bullying/comments.

Personally, I hide all mine. I won't wear a T-shirt under my pull-over hoodies in the summer, just because it gets so hot and I have no choice but to continue wearing a hoody. I just don't want that kind of attention, for people to point and stare, and for some little old lady to walk over or something and be like "are you OK dear?".

I used to only have scarring on the wrist, and I didn't mind then. They were old scars since I had moved my self-harming to thighs and stomach, and I had 1 or 2 people come over at my place of work like "Is everything OK? If you ever need a chat or anything, I'm here." D:

So for you, are you OK with it not hidden, or do you prefer to hide behind long trousers/long sleeve shirts etc.?

[MaDdSnow]

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Originally Posted by Girl_Interrupted

For those that have pretty bad self harm scars or wounds, mainly in areas like arms or the bottom of legs, do you have the courage to walk around and wear a T-Shirt or a pair of shorts and let the world see your scars?

I've noticed a few people around my town with self harm scars that are hefty on show. There was a transgirl yesterday at my LGBT youth group, and she had it all on show. I was quite concerned for her since I don't want her to get any public bullying/comments.

Personally, I hide all mine. I won't wear a T-shirt under my pull-over hoodies in the summer, just because it gets so hot and I have no choice but to continue wearing a hoody. I just don't want that kind of attention, for people to point and stare, and for some little old lady to walk over or something and be like "are you OK dear?".

I used to only have scarring on the wrist, and I didn't mind then. They were old scars since I had moved my self-harming to thighs and stomach, and I had 1 or 2 people come over at my place of work like "Is everything OK? If you ever need a chat or anything, I'm here." D:

So for you, are you OK with it not hidden, or do you prefer to hide behind long trousers/long sleeve shirts etc.?

I used to have scars on my wrists and forearms but they are faded enough that no one can notice them. I did not cut deep in those areas.

However, when they were fresh wounds, I covered them, even though it was a hot summer.

On my thighs, however, it is quite a gruesome sight. So I wear capris when it is hot outside. I refuse to wear shorts.

I am appalled at what I have done to myself. It has been quite a while since I cut, but the fact still reminds that I did.