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Do You Hide Your Scars?


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Thank you Lucy. I will ask for a blanket next time, would make me feel kind of safer as well. One day I want to show my scars, I don't think anyone here should be ashamed since for me the scars are there because I am (we)trying to cope and live through making our scars. Its good that you were able to ask for your arms to be covered, you have got a stronger sense of what you need than I have when it comes to things (my key worker is screaming lol).

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my scars on my legs and arms are quite bad though some are fading, i feel bad and guilty n like a freak with them, i did use to cover myself up, now no i dont, let people talk they are part of whom i am, the people that matter n care dont even notice them now or so they say xx

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It totally depends on who I am with.

My partner and close friends have seen my scars but I won't show my parents as they just start bulling me about them and then they make me feel worse :(

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I am ashamed of s/hing so hide any signs of recent activity. However I do not cover scars that are silver, i.e. are well over a year old.

However, I wish I had the strength to let the newish scars be on show. I have spent the last 5 years dreaming of being able to go swimming!

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heya,

you shouldn't have to cover up your scars but it is generally people who are too nieve or ignorant to find out and just understand the problems that people face.

i wear short sleeves and shorts when im with my boyfriend and my mum and stepdad and brother

but i tend to be less willing to when i am in public.

some people think that they are in danger which i think is pathetic but i just have to get used to it - things have consequences - just a shame that scars dont go away quick enough and we tend to get reminded quite alot which is NOT fair.

lots of love

jennie

xx

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Hiya

I dont hide my scars anymore as i am not ashamed of myself, its a coping mechanism for me. If people dont understand and seem off with me i let them get on with it. Take care hun xx

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i started cutting within the last year- and covering the cuts and scars depends on who i'm with. around my grandparents and bf's family and when on job interviews, i cover them. but when i'm at school or just running around i don't cover them.no one's really said anything to me or about me that i can tell. my lab partner @ school told me to knock it off, but he said it out of concern.

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