Self-Injury Support Group

Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.

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paoflavia 04/14/2009

I am always hiding my, wearing long sleeves sweaters, always worrying someone will find out. When I go for sometime without SI I look at my scars and feel horrible. I sufer in the summer when people ask me why I am wearing long sleeves all the time. I know I should worry about stopping SI before worrying about scars, but it is something I deal everyday even when I dont self injury. Any thougths?

deleted_user 04/14/2009

yes i have the same problems with that i dont do it anymore but have thoughts of doing it also have you tried cover up thats what i do also people dont notice it as much as we do we see the scars but if you ask people if they can see anything wrong with your arms and they say no thats because we see it more

deleted_user 04/14/2009

My scars really trouble me, I haven't cut in almost 2 years and I still wear long sleeves, once a friend pointed them out (didn't mean any wrong) and I couldn't stop crying, guess we all go through this... it's like having a tshirt where your problems are written in detail but allowing for a lot of misunderstandings.

deleted_user 04/14/2009

I am going to get a tattoo to cover some of my scars, i am hoping this will draw the attention away from the others on my arms

deleted_user 04/14/2009

want to see how bad my arm is? Its covered in GIANT raised scars from my elbow down all the way around...I still wear short sleeves. Im not going to suffer when its warm out because of what other people think

deleted_user 04/14/2009

i can hide the scars on my legs pretty easily but i just cant wear shorts. or a bathing suit. i havent cut my arms in a long time and the scars are almost completely gone. my main problem now is a few months ago i burnt the crap out of both of my hands. i gave myself 3rd degree burns and that is pretty hard to explain. i dont know what i was thinking at the time. i had done it before i thought about the consequenses. there are big ugly scars all over both hands. i really didnt think that one through. i have to tell people that i burnt them on the stove, which is a really lame excuse. i can tell that nobody believes me but i cant tell them the truth.

deleted_user 04/14/2009

I still hide after being clean for about 2 years. I'm just starting to wear tank tops around the house and really really close friends. I think everyone worries about their scars, no matter what.

I used to tell everyone that I was just really cold in the summer. I know a girl who's seasonal timing is really wiered...she's suuper hot in the winter and suuper cold in the summer.

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