Are you open about the fact you self-harm, or do you hide it?
MadisontheGemini1717
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Oct 23, 2014
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I hide it, but people see my scars. They ask me and when they do I lie. They know I'm lying, and they care. They ask me to stop but I cant..
OceanBreeze
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Nov 2, 2014
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I'm in the middle of the two. I sometimes let people know that I self-harm, to show that there are worse things in the world. But I also try to hide it because my mom threatened to take away all my shaving razors if I cut myself again. So in the meantime, I proceed with The Butterfly Project.
Kathrine101
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Nov 3, 2014
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Me personally way back, i was very closed up about the fact that i self harmed. It was a very unhealthy lifestyle and very painful and lonely. I would encourage anyone to get the help they need when they are self harming though. I know its seems as if you are alone, but you are really not!
RecoveryisReal
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Mar 31, 2015
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I definitely hide it! I don't want to worry anyone ever and it's something that I don't really want to bring into my school or family life so right now I think there is only one person that knows and it was purely by accident. However, whatever decision someone makes regarding letting people know is perfectly okay as long they are comfortable :)
Anonymous
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Nov 9, 2015
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I am open with the fact that I used to selfharm. Its means that I went through a war, and I have scars to prove it. People may look disgusted because I have scars, but I am not ashamed of my battle scars.
Pandette
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Oct 27, 2014
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I used to hide it from everyone all of the time. When I stopped self-harming, I would be so self concious about what everyone around me would think. As time went on, I stopped caring about what others thought and saw it as strength. I saw it as a reminder that even when times were tough and even though I self-harmed, I stopped and got over all of the negative things in my life. :)
iWarrior
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Oct 24, 2014
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I hid the fact that I self-harmed for a very long time. I never opened up about it to anyone. It was a deep secret.
Harri
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Oct 27, 2014
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I was open to being honest about my situation when I was asked, but I didn't self-harm in a way that would show visible scars, nor did I tell anyone without them asking. It's down to each individual for what makes them feel comfortable
Nexilva
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Oct 30, 2014
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I'm open about the fact that I used to self harm, but I'd never glorify it, or justify IN MY MIND being open about self harming whilst doing do.
Anonymous
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Nov 10, 2014
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Luckly I don't do that anymore, but I used to hide it. Nobody has ever seen my scars or my cuts and that has many reasons. The first one is that I am a very private person and I don't like people asking me personal questions. Second of all, I've always been araid people would think I "do it for attention" and least I was (and unfortunately still am) very ashamed of it, even though I know I shouldn't be.
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