Cutting?

[punklove]

Yes I do cut

 

[vj288]

Hi, so to anyone who said they had before, what do you do about the scars? Most of mine are from a year and a half ago, so they are fairly faded, but on a car trip a few days ago my sister pointed to my arms and asked me about them (I just changed the subject). My sister has no idea what cut scars look like and would never suspect me, but I'm afraid people who don't know me and know what they look like may figure it out, and I'd rather they didn't.

In cold weather months I always wear long sleeve clothing, make them easy to hide, but in the heat it's more difficult. I've read cover-up works, but being a boy I don't have any, and don't think I'd be able to explain owning any if I did get some. I try to keep my arm at angles at which it's difficult to see them, but that's not easy to do either, and just gives me something else to worry about when around people. In general I think it's one of those things where I'm more aware of them than the people around me, but if you get close enough they're fairly visible. So any ideas?

 

[alwaysrunning]

I used to do it, but i stopped because i got paranoid ppl would start noticing. The fear of getting caught and labeled as a "freak" or "mental" was too much for me to handle. To hide it though, i just used a lot of bracelets, and considering the fact that back then in h.s i never wore any jewelry, that attracted more attention than the scars. You can barely see them now , also,unless u get close. I wish i had never done it, it only made me feel more miserable. I do more constructive things now like work out or write, i cant deny i havent thought about it, but im sure i will never do it again. I hope for those of you that do, u will also find that it leads to nothing in the end and eventually stop doing it.

 

[Starchild]

I've done it before, and still kinda do. I used to do it regularly a few years ago. But then I stopped, simply because I didn't feel like it helped me anymore. Recently I've started again, and I do it now and then - if things get really bad. But not regularly... Not really, anyways.

And about scars... Unfortunately I don't know what to do with them. I'm "lucky" enough to live somewhere quite cold, and it's only a couple of weeks a year where it's too hot to wear long sleeves, so usually I'm fine. But I suppose you could go to a doctor and see if there's something that can be done. There are creams and stuff that might help a little...?

 

[cloudbound]

Hi, so to anyone who said they had before, what do you do about the scars? Most of mine are from a year and a half ago, so they are fairly faded, but on a car trip a few days ago my sister pointed to my arms and asked me about them (I just changed the subject). My sister has no idea what cut scars look like and would never suspect me, but I'm afraid people who don't know me and know what they look like may figure it out, and I'd rather they didn't.

In cold weather months I always wear long sleeve clothing, make them easy to hide, but in the heat it's more difficult. I've read cover-up works, but being a boy I don't have any, and don't think I'd be able to explain owning any if I did get some. I try to keep my arm at angles at which it's difficult to see them, but that's not easy to do either, and just gives me something else to worry about when around people. In general I think it's one of those things where I'm more aware of them than the people around me, but if you get close enough they're fairly visible. So any ideas?

I cut myself for about 7 years, so I do have some bad scarring on my arms. I lived in a hoody for all that time, but in the summer it was unbearably hot so I started making my own gloves that covered my arms. I really hated anyone to see them because they are so ugly, but as time went on I stopped caring. Maybe it's weird for someone with SA to say they don't care what people think, but in this particular part of my life I really don't. My s/h had nothing to do with my SA, so it is really a thing that I have put in my past and just accepted. It took me a long time to be able to have my arms uncovered, because people do look and stare, I had one girl nearly trip over herself backwards just to get a better gawp at them, but it didn't bother me because I'm not insecure about them I just laughed at her ignorance. I've had one or two people ask what they are from and I just told them straight but not going into any kind of detail because it's none of their beeswax

Just give it time, eventually I'm sure you won't be ashamed of them and feel the need to hide them. You'll just be able to look at them as the time you went through the difficult patch, but are all the more stronger for it now

In the meantime - sunscreen! The more sun you catch the more they stand out, they don't tan they just go really white and shiny. Rentin-a can help to get rid of scarring too, but give yourself some time to think about it, I'm sure it would be better if you could just learn accept them.

 

[upndwn]

I've never used rubber bands, wall banging or burning, but I have cut myself a couple of times in the past. I actually thought about how the public would react to my scars so I cut myself on the legs. I mainly did it, not because of SA or depression, but because my meds made me so placid and cold that I couldn't feel anything anymore. The only thing that I could feel was physical. I finally ended up at the E.R and it was only a matter of a few weeks before they took me off my meds and I stopped cutting myself.

 

[WriterChick3]

I'm an occasional cutter. But I don't do it on my arms or where others can see it; I've pretty much conquered my anxiety and SA, so I mostly cut for depression.
I have a couple scars that aren't visible too.

I haven't cut myself for a month, so that's kind of a new record. I have no problem with cutting, actually, because it makes me feel normal and something that I can control. Something that's my secret and etc.