so i tried to kill myself (sloppy attempt) while being really depressed. i did not succeed, luckily but it left me with 4 rather visible scars. today i am still trying to hide it, but long sleeves in the summer is kinda hard to explain. so do you have any idea/excuse as to how i could’ve gotten these? obviously cats and rose thorns cant do this so that’s excluded.
i am not cutting or selfharming anymore, and i dont plan to so that whole speech is unneeded.
any help is appreciated.
thanks
An accident of some kind. You could say you worked on a farm and got your arm caught in something. If people ask for more details, you can just say you don’t want to talk about it.
Tell the truth. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Yours is a story of survival and recovery, so tell it. You never know if you tell your story sometime and it helps someone who’s struggling.
Your scars are beautiful. You’re a survivor and an overcomer. I hope they will always remind you to not hurt yourself anymore.
I have 2 interventions at both left and right hand, sometimes i wonder myself about the fact that i am still alive. But i am happy now and this is a good thing
I used to be a cutter when my stupid psychiatrist at the time kept me on a potent Tricyclic Antidepressant.
The Antidepressant made me have severe Mixed States and I started cutting myself all over my arms, hands and even face!
My cutting stopped after my first Hospitalization and I was placed on Tegretol.
Thank goodness most of my scars faded.
@anders.16 make sure that you are properly medicated so it doesn’t happen again.
Getting some kind of talk therapy also helps.
Trigger warning!
I have diagonal scars on my left forearm from quasi-suicide attempts/cutting sprees.
About half my forearm has these scars. I hide them physically. I used to wear only long sleeves. finally, I found that getting a ton of thick bracelets worked great for concealing them.
However, yours are long, so like @Loke said, a tattoo would be a great idea!
Found this article to show you some examples! Best of luck!
I heard there’s makeup designed to cover up scars? My friend who struggles with self-harm always wears long sleeves. I’m glad you don’t want to do so anymore!
I lied to people about my survival marks and basically when you lie they nod their head and go oh my gosh but somehow you know full well that they know the truth. I have mine and I just call them battle scars or if I’m having a good high self esteem day I just say that was me being stupid. I found that people usually won’t press you any further anyways. But tattoo cover ups are a good idea or a cosmetic base of some sort if you can blend the skin tones. I think just being truthful and accept this as part of your illness is the overall best. I mean in all honesty the average person probably isn’t all that interested anyhow. But there are crappy people who may press and press and I just say well what about your arm or heart or whatever. You made it. Be proud and share your story to help others.
I too have loads of wrist scars, cuts as well as cigarette burns. I have never hidden them. Most people are too polite to ask questions, and when they do I just laughed without answering. My scars are all now 40 years old, so they very faded.
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