Has anybody ever seen your self harm scars?

[Black wizard]

Has anyone ever seen your self harm marks, if so what did they say? Especially interesting if you are a man and other men see it. Do they see it as weakness or what?

 

[ZwartHartje]

Mine are atypical, I don't have usual cuts across the forearms, instead mine are scattered randomly all over my body, including on my back. I've never tried to hide them and I actually don't really "see" them myself, they're all old and I don't think about them. But once it happened when I was still a member at a gym (ever since Covid I switched to outdoor workout entirely) that someone asked me about it in a really weird way, something about whipping - ? I asked back how he got that weird idea, and it turned out that someone else at that gym had talked sh!t about me! I should mention, I'm a girl but I've taken testosterone and I look like an obvious bodybuilder, or to some who don't know any better even like a trans woman, and yes, some people have a problem with that.

 

[bl33ding_heart]

I have 2 cats so I easily got away with saying they were cat scratches lol.

 

[coolbeans]

a friend of mine questioned the "lines" on my arm and laughed because she thought it was something innocent. i laughed so hard that i was struggling to tell her that i'd tried to kill myself a few weeks before

 

[interna]

i slash flash people constantly since im not ashamed of my scars. maybe its just the environment im in, but no one has acknowledged nor mentioned them, not even family members. maybe in private? but not to my face

people do stare more intently however whenever my cuts are paired with burns (from cigarettes). still hasn't been brought up by anybody but i do notice they look at me for longer whenever i have burns on my arms or clavicles or stuff.

 

[RadiantNumber]

I am even scared to make ones :/