Summer Scars
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How to hide that I was a self-harmer or to find a very good lie about it?
I used to self-harm and I am rather proud to say that I don’t anymore. But now my problem is hiding it from newer people in my life.
Most of the scars are quite hard to spot unless you’re standing in the right light and you know what you’re looking for but there is one (the last one, and which was inflicted maybe 2/3 months ago) which is quite red/purple and thick. It’s noticeable if I don’t wear long sleeves.
I was hanging out with some of my new sixth-form friends wearing a short-sleeve cardigan (it was new and pretty so I wore it hoping no one would notice the scars because most are so faded) and one of my friends suddenly leant forward and said "Oh you’ve got a cut." and I said "Oh that’s just an old burn." because to me it looks more like a burn than a cut.
I’m rather hoping I haven’t been sussed and it looks good because the subject was dropped, I casually held my arm against my stomach (something I do normally do so hopefully wasn’t too noticeable) and I went back to my seat across the classroom soon.
But is there another way of hiding the self-harming past without having to wear long sleeves all the time? The big scar (well not big, it’s only probably 2cm long, it’s the thickness and colour that’s the problem) makes me very self-conscious and summer is always hard. I just want to put it behind me. If there is no other good way to hide it is there a good lie I could say? I tried to shrug it off and I’m worried it didn’t work so any good lying tips could be useful too.
I’m hoping I don’t relapse into doing it again and I’m finding other ways to relieve the tension so newer scars shouldn’t be a problem but I never really know so if that does happen i’ll be wearing long sleeves anyway.
you could try some prefer on , that’s supposed to remove scars or maybe put cover up in your arms but a few lies could be like u said u had burns u tripped in a fire but only your arms fell in or u burnt itself cooking ummmm you had a child hood incident you don’t like to talk about it
Confuised | Jan 24, 2010
Hooray for you! You have stopped hurting your self! that is great news. Go and see a Dr about the scar that you are sensitive about. he can recommend a plastic surgeon who can help you with it. Don’t for get they will ask questions about it. Be honest with them let them help you. In the mean time try rubbing in liquid vitamin e, It might help with the healing or educe the scare. Do go to the Dr. Best of luck there are a lot of people who care about you even ones who don’t know you.
pigwell | Jan 24, 2010
try some concealor to fade it a bit
i’m also an ex self harmer and use the excuses:
hair straightener burn
cousins cat bit me
dropped the iron
allergic reaction scarred
sometimes i just say ‘oh that was ages ago’ and leave it. remember to keep the same excuse to the same scar though
the scars will fade a doctor may be able to help with getting rid of them but i just left them and used concealor in emergencies
BeccaRawr (; ForeverIsOver </ | Jan 24, 2010
Stick with the burn story, you could say it was from your straighteners or something. If people press you about it, just keep saying the same thing. Because self harm is a bit of a taboo subject, nobody is likely to bring it up. Try bio oil on all your scars. One of my friends uses it and its actually really good. I’m a self harmer too (although I’ve been doing it less and less over the last few years so hopefully I will be able to stop doing it too) and I’m going to try bio oil to fade some of my scars.
I know how you feel, I always panic if someone mentions my scars. I usually say I burnt myself on my straighteners or my dog scratched me, they usually drop it then. Congratulations on having stopped self harming by the way
Kat | Jan 24, 2010