what are your excuses for cuts?

[dirtyboxer55]

disclaimer: i do not self harm, just need an answer to this question
if you had some cuts or bruises on your face and someone asked you where you got them what would your excuse be?

[Luminous]

If I have cuts, probably my cats. I have 3 of them and do get some scratches from them sometimes so it's believable. If it was a bruise, I'd probably say I bumped into something, but I don't intentionally bruise myself.

[Desuetude]

As said above, bruises say you tripped and try to attempt to cover it with foundation/concealor to cover the colour but people are probably more likely to question a bruise than a cut on the face. Cuts just say it was your nails when you were sleeping. That's legitimately happened to me before so its not a complete lie.

[Karkat]

I got hit a lot in PE in middle school (I was clumsy) so I'd always blame it on my clumsiness

No, I had a boyfriend who smacked the shit out of me and molested me constantly

And as far as my burns, I'd say I burned myself on the oven

[Hideous]

I came into school with a huge cut on my face and I just said "I fell".

[Abhorrence]

Well cuts and bruises on your face you can literally just say you faceplanted the floor or something.

[amgb]

I've never had to explain any cuts or bruises on my face, but anyhow I'd probably just say they were cat scratches, or I had a big fall.

[Broken Toy]

I was out and caught with cuts on my wrist before, and i said i skidded on a wall because my bike brake was weak (it was an awful brake) but i think it was less believable when i stormed into the forest. Still somehow wasnt questioned on it

[jenni31]

Its a coping skill for me and takes away the emotional pain

[jenni31]

I have many scars on my arm people know I cut so I say yes and and deal wit it. Only my bff and doctor knows, and now here, on my thighs and breasts