[cryingchild]

Im just getting to the point where im sick of being worried bout people seeing my arms, one side of me just wants to say sod it and wear a sleeveless top and just see if anyone says anything. The other part of me knows that it is NOT a good idea and that if i did that it could cause so much pain to me that it would not be worth it. Does anyone else get sick of hiding it?

[penna]

totally!! i only hide it at work. i don't like hiding it even there, but i just don't want to deal with the potential problems that might arise if i were open about it.

in my regular life though, i don't worry about it at all. right now i'm cutting on my legs because i want to wear t shirts to work, but i went to the pool at my apartment complex last weekend and no one said anything to me. i don't even think i got any strange looks, but i wasn't really paying attention. my husband doesn't really understand my self injury thing, but he doesn't think i should feel i have to hide it. as he told me last week "if they don't like the way it looks, that's *their* problem."

[Zenobia]

I do a lot of yard work and have scraps and cuts all the time so my family and friends are used to me being banged up for one reason or another. A couple more scratches don't make a difference, they just mix in with everything else.
Carrie

<font color=blue>The important thing is this: to be able at any momeent to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.--Charles Du Bos

[Rapunzel]

My scars are very light, so I don't think that people notice them. Also, it wasn't until my late twenties that I did anything that left permanent scars. I always wore long sleeves for a couple of years, then decided that it didn't matter. Nobody says anything - they probably don't notice.
You could find that you are fighting yourself on this. My last time, I knew that I was going to try something so I wore a jacket with long, tight sleeves so that I couldn't easily get to my arms. So I scratched up my face and leg instead because it was the only exposed skin. Those scars are not noticeable now, but even with a lot of makeup and my hair loose and in my face, it was impossible to hide while it was healing. Still, only a couple of people said anything (I mean after the first day when there were some significant reactions - I got taken to jail for suicide watch). The whole town probably knew before they even saw me.
Anyway, if you are tired of hiding it, it's possible that that part of you could take over and make sure that you can't hide it.
If you decide not to cover it up, be prepared to get comments. You just have to decide whether you would rather deal with that or keep worrying about covering it up. Which is going to bother you more?

[JulieBean]

i cut on my ankles, and when summer first started rolling in i was kind of worried... but i just said the hell with it, and it turned out no one really noticed. (I use those little utility blade, ya know, those thin ones, so the scars aren't much anyways...) and i cut where they would blend in with the veins on my feet anyways.

"Sometimes it takes us to the bottom of our misery to understand the truth..."
~Gustav Havel - existentialist

[cryingchild]

I tend to harm myself on my arms so no one sees them But a few times I have hurt myself On my front of my hands ...I dont know If its my way of telling people whats wrong or what,It always tends to be when Im drunk.Ive put them two together So I know what triggers me off.....But I still cant seem To stop.