How do I cope with people pointing and staring at my Self Harm scars?
Anonymous
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Nov 30, 2015
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Try and avoid them .They will sure be making fun of you and this will lead you to more self-harm.
Anonymous
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Dec 2, 2015
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You can remove yourself from the situation if you don't like their staring. If they ask about it, do what feels comfortable. If you don't feel comfortable talking about it, then say that you'd rather not talk about it. If you want to be honest, then you can say that you were going through a rough time.
Anonymous
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Jan 25, 2016
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Ignore them. You shouldn't be annoyed, embarrased, PR ashamed, because your scars are a part of who you are. If people don't understand that, they are rude and not worth your attention. Good luck, hope this helped.
Anonymous
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Feb 1, 2016
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Keep your chin up. You are worth so much more than your scars and the people that decide that the scars are the most important thing about you are wrong. You should not feel like you have to justify yourself to perfect strangers who haven't the decency to keep their questions to themselves. Don't waste your time worrying about what you think they are thinking. In the great scheme of things, what one stranger on a bus thinks of you will not affect your life unless you allow it to. It will be hard to move past it at first, there is no way around that. But you fought with your worst demons and you survived. You can make it through a few insensitive people who think they are entitled to your story.
HelloChell0
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Mar 21, 2016
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Take no notice, it's far from anything that you should be embarrassed about so don't listen to the opinions of others.
gracefulHeart44
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Mar 29, 2016
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Scars tell a story, obviously not a happy one but people can be very judgemental. I think that you are strong because you made it past that. If it bothers you too much, there is specific makeup for scars that will cover them or you can use Mederma or Vitamin E oil to help lighten and soften the scars so they don't appear as vivid.
Anonymous
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Apr 12, 2016
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just try to ignore them if they say something be like oh those I don't remember that being there! just don't think about it
Anonymous
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May 24, 2016
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There a two types of reacting: In the one hand you can directly tell them to stop it, when you have the braveness. I dont think that the people would expect that. In the other hand you could ignore it. Believe me: During the time you don´t notice the glances anymore and you´re not thinking about your scars and your environment as often as earlier :)
helpfulunicat
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May 25, 2016
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sometimes ignoring it is easier said than done, but even when you cant, realize that it isn't you who is at fault- its them, because they don't understand. those are your battle scars, they show you are a survivor, and you have every right to be as confident about them as you want! someone who had been in a car accident wouldn't be expected to hide disfigurement- neither should you. but at the end of the day, you are you. do what makes you comfortable
Briannacheer
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May 28, 2016
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You could cope with it a number of possible ways. You could either be proud of them and don't care what other people think - you could be happy that they are looking and staring because your scars show that you over came the battles of self harm. Or you could be embarrassed and hide them.
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