If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. To contact our Crisis Messenger (open 24/7) text THEMIX to 85258.
Read the community guidelines before posting ✨
Options
Hello!
Former Member
Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
Hi everyone! I'm new, and I'm not sure if I'm doing this right....
Your posts intrigued me. I am 26 and I have been self-harming since I as 14. I go through periods where it takes on different faces, or it gets better and then worse.
I am both proud and ashamed of my scars. I do not feel comfortable with other people seeing them, and there is a great stigma around self harm and mental health. Being a teacher I go to great lengths to hide marks from students and other teachers.
And yet, for some reason I feel great comfort knowing they are there- they are real, and they can be seen. My scars feel like a badge of service-validation of what I have been through and how I have felt....
Your posts intrigued me. I am 26 and I have been self-harming since I as 14. I go through periods where it takes on different faces, or it gets better and then worse.
I am both proud and ashamed of my scars. I do not feel comfortable with other people seeing them, and there is a great stigma around self harm and mental health. Being a teacher I go to great lengths to hide marks from students and other teachers.
And yet, for some reason I feel great comfort knowing they are there- they are real, and they can be seen. My scars feel like a badge of service-validation of what I have been through and how I have felt....
0
Comments
Have made this into a new thread for you as it was lost in the other one.
I understand what you mean about your scars being validation of what you have been through- I often see mine and think 'yes, i felt really shit at that time, but i was strong and made it through' and it makes me feel better/stronger.