Discussion Anyone else have mixed feelings on having scars?

[plast1c_sk1n]

I like having scars. I like the way they look, I like the way they feel on my skin, I get sad seeing them fade.
I hate having scars. I hate having to answer questions about them, I hate the ones that protrude so much, I feel gross.
Having scars makes me feel valid. I want to show them off, I want people to see them and notice them and know that I'm struggling.
Having scars makes me feel stupid. I'm scared of what people think when they see them, I know I only have them because I was overdramatic and weak.

 

[aesthetic]

i hate my scars, but without them i wouldn't have survived all these years.

 

[thelostautistic]

When I was younger they made me feel more valid in my struggles because I was constantly invalidated by professionals. But I'm older now and I hate them. I wish they were gone because I'm so ashamed of them and have to cover them all the time. Summer is nightmare

 

[the_world_is_on_fir]

I was dating this girl. On the last time we saw each other (because she had already a bf) she was touching my arms and it felt really nice. I didn't date so much girls so I really enjoyed when she touched me even in not a sexual way. When we were kissing she saw my arms and she asked me with an happy voice "what's this scar", I told her I fell off from a bike and it leaves me the sign, then she pointed at another scar and she asked "and this one?" I told her it was also the bike and she kept asking for 5 scars and I told her the same lie and in the end I told her I didn't want to talk about it. She ended our frequentation because in the meantime she was getting back with her ex, I don't know if she understood what those scar even was and if it influenced the fact that she didn't choose me but it felt really bad lying to someone about that and it makes me scared to even date other girls with those scars...