Do you show people?

[FullyAlive]

Do you show people your cuts and scars?

I mean I know some people don't feel the need to cover them anyway, but those who do, if someone asked would you show them?

A teacher at school keeps asking to see and says I'm the one making it into a big deal by refusing. I do understand where she's coming from, however I feel like my scars are personal i'm not comfortable showing people I don't trust.

So yeah, are you the same or are you not bothered who sees?

[sarahtheweber]

With me, it really depends. If people ask and i know they understand, sure. but most people... No

[anonymous53]

Honestly. No, no one gets to see my scars, or cuts. I don't show them, I don't want anyone to see.

[AvengedHorizon]

i know ive only been at it for about.. 5 days? but they've left their marks and no, i wouldnt show them to anybody

[Bath]

Seeing my cuts are a big no-no. Scars, however, are kind of different... I have scars all over my left arm, and I can't wear long sleeves my whole life. But if someone asks me about them, I sarcastically say "I was mauled by a bear" and usually they leave it at that. But if they ask "no, really" I just don't reply.

[LifeisLife]

I've shown one person, because they kept on going on about it and she's shown me hers too. But that was only 1 cut. I didnt feel comfortable at all. I probably wont show anyone else, ever.

[Jimmy Page]

i dont like showing them and i hide them(most of them are on my feet and other easy hideable places),its personal and i see no reason for other people to see them.
But i have shown a friend of mine to show her that she is not alone,and to try and scare her from cutting more.
And a classmate saw the scars on my arm and kept asking about why i cut(kinda easy to figure out i cut when the scars he saw was "HATE" and "DEATH")

[Megson]

Never. I would never show anyone my cuts. NO ONE even knows about them besides myself, and I don't plan to show anyone. Besides, most of em are on my thigh and stomach. Personal, hidden places.

[georgiamay]

I've been asked a few times to show someone my cuts/scars, but each time I've said no. I've only ever shown my parents, and that was really hard for me. The only reason I showed them was because I thought they had the right to see them anyway.

The other people that have asked me (teachers, councillers, doctors etc) I've said no to flat out. I showed one doctor once, but that was because I was concerned about scaring anyway.

I just feel ashamed of them. I know that I shouldn't, but I don't like to show them to anyone, it makes me uncomfortable. I also don't like the idea that people are judging how "bad" it is by how bad the scars are.

[Mazz]

Nope, I hate it, they don't need to know or see, just makes me feel worse.

Some people will occasionally see some on my arm or wrist but its not obviously SI.. My leg though

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

[BrokenButterflies]

As you say, it's personal. I would never show someone an open wound, and only a very few people would I show my scars.

[Ashton2750]

Well it depends on if it's embarrassing to show or not

[ShadowGirl]

I never let anyone see them. I would feel so ashamed if someone saw.

[ryantombs]

there is one person i am compfortable showing and i want to talk to her about it just because shes the only one i feel compfortable with and i feel all my other friends even close ones guys or girls will judge me on that and i dont want it. So yea one person... i told that person once and she just went wth are you stupid and stuff and i was trying to explain to her why i started and she was just like your stupid... i said i will even show you and shes lik ok... not a single word about it again... i feel/ felt crushed... now i dont want to go to anyone

[sarah newman]

Only 2 of my close friends know, and if they are ask I would show them, but for everyone else, no

[LoveMe_HateMe]

Only one person see's them and that's my girlfriend. I can't avoid her not seeing them as we usually sleep with just underwear on. But apart from that no.. unless they are the ones I've done one my arms that I make purposefully make to look like cat scratches etc then I point them out so I don't get caught off guard if i'm asked about them. 2 other people have the scars but no cuts but they knew about me sh anyway so they didn't say any thing.

[Fiction]

If someone asks, then i'll show. But I don't go around showing anyone and everyone.

[Love.Hate]

If someone asks I will, depending on who they are (not my parents).


I don't go round showing them.

[xXl0sth0peXx]

Nope, nope, nope, never.

Only a doctor has seen them.. My therapist, parents, friends, no one. And no one will if I can help that.

[xdancing_for_rainx]

I typically will not show people. I wear long sleeves and arm warmers/gloves to hide my cuts and scars. The only time I don't cover them so much is during gym... and I get quite a few stares and comments from people from that. I've shown one person purposely, and that was because she struggles with self-harm as well. Otherwise, I've just had other people (like my school counselor, parents) make me show them, which I strongly dislike.

[Aubrie]

I never allow anyone to see. A few of my friends bugged me until I showed them, and a few saw on accident. I never willingly/purposely show, though.

I only have a few scars left now. Most of them are faded enough that you can't see. It's about time after almost two years.

[Ambrosia]

I don't show people out of random. My cuts are my cuts, and they are my cuts alone. I cover them up. My scars are a different story, I don't show, but I don't cover them up all the time. Just recently the other Manager at my store asked me to see them. It was a first because no one ever really just randomly asks. So I showed her. If they ask, and they are not being malicious, I will show.

[Luves Everything x]

I don't really have many new cuts, since my mum saw I only use things that wont leave long-term marks, but i don't cover up my scars. If you're not self-conscious about them, most people won't even notice, but i still don't like leaving them completely out there.
If someone asks I still won't let them see, because no-one knows and i don't think they would understand

[Alexis goes Rawr]

well 'technically' i let one person she found out about my SH, she never would have noticed if she didnt too, so now every day she takes me over with her and checks all the places i usually cut, when she does find any, which thanks to her has been less often, she just hugs me and says she forgives me
at first i put up a huge fight No one nd i mean no one knows about my scars or cuts but letting her see, and knowing she cares so much to check everyday.....helps

[Weeping]

Well, in my old school, I stopped caring. I wore short-sleeves or had pulled up sleeves a load of the time, I really didn't care about the fact that my arms could be totally covered in cuts.

I would NEVER EVER go around showing them around my family, though.


Now, as I started a new school a bit more than a month, I still show my arms, though now it's only scars. I don't think I'd walk around with short-sleeves or something here if they weren't "only scars", mainly because don't know anyone here and it would be wierd.

Anyways nobody know that I started again so.
And I'm not planning on telling anyone.

And I don't botter about covering my arms around my family eighter nowadays.


It was never for attention.