Don't want your parents/family to know?

[cvb2]

The majority of my friends and people at school know all about it, I still hide the scars but everyone pretty much knows.
The hardest part I find is hiding it from my parents.. I don't really have a hard time telling people if they ask, and I think I'd be able to handle it if someone saw the scars and asked.
But the last thing I want is my family to know :\
Is anyone in the same situation? It just makes things so hard.. because I am not close with my family, so it's not something I can talk to them about anyways. I'd much rather them not know, but I can't hide the scars forever..

[Wish]

I understand what you mean with wanting to hide the scars from family. I think that, deep down, there is some real care and attachment to them and the belief that this information will hurt them so you are trying to consciously or subconsciously do anything in your power to stop them finding out. What is it, do you think, about your family knowing that scares you?

I have a lot of admiration for you in telling other people about your scars in such a confident manner like you seem to be able to, that does take courage. I know that what I'm saying may seem like simple words with no meaning, but they are said with meaning I promise. It is a strong thing to do. What makes these other people different to your family? Is it the detachment from your situation, not being included in the problems that caused you to begin hurting yourself in the first place? I might be wrong in those questions but you haven't lost anything by answering.

Logically and most of the time, I think our families should know but then, logically we shouldn't be self-harming so sometimes logic makes too much sense and that is irritating. Life isn't always about this rationality and common sense.

Take care xx

[HeroesAndCons]

Actually a majority of my friends kinda know and stuff
im so close with my family that i cant tell them till im comftorbal

[starrburst]

This is what happened to me, i was bsasclly either wearing clothes that covered them or hiding them by always thinking before doing, over time i learnt to act completly different...that was when they got suspicous..then one day my sister saw a few scabs on my wrist and..she told my dad. Well..it wasn't that bad, cause im a good liar...i told them it was not self inflicted...and even if they didn't believe me after the first 4 days they shut up about it. It probably depends on your relashonship between them...hope it goes well :]

[REGRET]

I haven't told the people at my school but I'm pretty sure they've all seen the scars. I'm in the same situation, I don't want my family to know because my dad would yell and my mom would cry. My sisters would just think I'm an attentionseeker, so yeah I know how you feel.

[xgeekyrocksx]

i have told my closer frends at school. But i could never tell my mum, maybe my dad although he would thnk i'm crazy. But my Mum would cry.

telling my friends was okay, one of them took it badley though, and i think she cried more than my mum would have.... xx

[ShatteredWings]

My family does not, and never will, know about my self harm.

I don't find it hard to hide really. They don't ask, I don't tell, if I can't wear sleeves I cut on my thighs.