Discussion Anyone else tell funny stories on how you got your sh scars instead of what actually happened

[Unreal_꒰ঌ♡໒꒱_Lover]

Whenever I'm in public like shopping for myself or doing anything in general outside I get looks because of my old sh scars, usually whenever people ask I just conjure up a funny story instead of saying what actually happened to make myself not get uncomfortable, I usually say I got them after chasing cats in thorn bushes(but go into big detail about the event)or I say its just the difficulties working with alligators, I know its stupid to some but it makes me feel better about my scars and forget them for a bit, so does anyone else have stories like these(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

 

[apearl]

I have one but it was on accident! A couple years ago my mom saw a pretty noticable scar in the middle of my chest and I freaked out (they don't know I sh.) In the spur of the moment I said I was bicycling but I slipped and got launched off the bike and landed on a sharp rock right on my sternum. Literally the stupidest makeup story ever but she didn't question me any more after that so its a win.

 

[ryba]

my go-to line is "you should see the other guy." when people keep pressing me on it and i have to be somewhat serious, i'll usually say something about like fixing a lawn mower when the blades kicked back on or getting caught on barbed wire while climbing over a fence. it's nicer when the audience isn't so nosy. i have a pretty dumb sense of humor, so sometimes i'll say i got them in a rooftop battle with a gang of ninjas or something else unbelievable like that. people don't usually laugh at those stories, but they put a bit of distance between yourself and what actually happened. i hope i can look at my scars one day and smile because i'm thinking of how i got them wrestling a grizzly bear that tried to steal my pic-a-nic basket instead of being ashamed every time i take a shower.

 

[Unreal_꒰ঌ♡໒꒱_Lover]

my go-to line is "you should see the other guy." when people keep pressing me on it and i have to be somewhat serious, i'll usually say something about like fixing a lawn mower when the blades kicked back on or getting caught on barbed wire while climbing over a fence. it's nicer when the audience isn't so nosy. i have a pretty dumb sense of humor, so sometimes i'll say i got them in a rooftop battle with a gang of ninjas or something else unbelievable like that. people don't usually laugh at those stories, but they put a bit of distance between yourself and what actually happened. i hope i can look at my scars one day and smile because i'm thinking of how i got them wrestling a grizzly bear that tried to steal my pic-a-nic basket instead of being ashamed every time i take a shower.

The "you should see the other guy" line is silly :D
Ill prob use that too next time

 

[ConfusedClouds]

I have one but it was on accident! A couple years ago my mom saw a pretty noticable scar in the middle of my chest and I freaked out (they don't know I sh.) In the spur of the moment I said I was bicycling but I slipped and got launched off the bike and landed on a sharp rock right on my sternum. Literally the stupidest makeup story ever but she didn't question me any more after that so its a win.

I've used biking to 'explain' various leg scars before too! Often a spontaneous reaction! Works better for standalone/individual scars

 

[Ares]

Only had one pointed out before since it hadn't healed yet, and had trailed down the majority of my left hand the day after. I said it was from trying to grab my backpack and sling it over my shoulder, but that in the process I accidentally grabbed my keys attached to the bags strap on a carabiner instead of the strap itself, and that the sharp jagged point of the key scraped down my hand as I tried holding on to it before I dropped the bag. Emphasized by the fact my bag is known to usually weigh at like 20 lbs on a day to day basis, add the momentum, plus the rope burn of trying to grab that weight on sharp keys? It was easily believed.

 

[Valso]

Anyone else tell funny stories on how you got your sh scars instead of what actually happened

sh scars? Hm, I didn't know that bash could be harmful! I've been using it for 9 years and it never hurt me.

As for scars, I have 3 physical scars but they're not from attempts to push the daisies - I don't have that courage to cut myself in order to leave scars. They're from periods of my life between 9 and 16.
Scar 1: my right foot is slightly bigger than the left. The reason for that is an insect whose name in English I do not know. If I'm not mistaken, that insect is the male version of a wasp. When I was 9 it stung me and my foot grew a few sizes within minutes to the point that I couldn't wear even a flip-flop, I couldn't put weight on that foot and I also couldn't feel it because it was numb. My mom had to call an ambulance to take me to the ER. Since we were out in the country, far away from any big cities, by the time we got to the city, my foot had become the size of a half a gallon bottle of water. The doctors removed the sting and drained the poison from my foot but it never returned to its original size. Now I'm 40, that incident was 31 years ago and even now my right foot is like maybe quarter of a size bigger than the left. Still the size difference isn't enough for me to have to buy two different sizes of shoes but it does look weird.
Scar 2: Again when I was 9, I was just walking around the neighbourhood when a crazed cat jumped on me and bit me in the arm near the elbow. She sank her teeth so deeply that my arm was was gushing out blood like a fountain for about 20 minutes before it stopped. When it did stop, I could see my own bone.
That scar has already disappeared now, but it WAS visible in the past 28 years.
Scar 3: When I was 16, I had to move a pot of boiling water from point A in the kitchen to point B but I tripped and the bigger part of that water poured on my right foot. I was wearing socks at the time. The sock melted away and I had to remove it very carefully because it had fused with my skin. And once again I was able to see my own bone. It took a few years for the wound to fully close. Fully healing - that's a whole other story, depending on your understanding of healing. Because the meat recovered relatively quickly but for years after that incident the scar was itchy. Sometimes it was itchy, sometimes it hurt like hell and sometimes - both simultaneously. And for many years after the incident the immediate are around the scar and the scar itself were insensitive to anything. If you pressed hard on the scar, I wouldn't feel anything - no pain, no pressure and the skin itself was unbelievably smooth, like a piece of metal.

There's a 4th wound but you already all about it and that wound would never get to be a scar.

 

[moshimoshi]

Whenever I'm in public like shopping for myself or doing anything in general outside I get looks because of my old sh scars, usually whenever people ask I just conjure up a funny story instead of saying what actually happened to make myself not get uncomfortable, I usually say I got them after chasing cats in thorn bushes(but go into big detail about the event)or I say its just the difficulties working with alligators, I know its stupid to some but it makes me feel better about my scars and forget them for a bit, so does anyone else have stories like these(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

I've actually never been asked about my SH scars despite having some pretty noticeable ones on my arms and thighs. I'm shocked people haven't asked I think I've just gotten very lucky im glad those stories help you feel better about your scars (*^^*)♡ living with SH scars can be really difficult sometimes. Maybe I'll tell a story similar to the ones you mentioned if anyone ever asks

 

[cgrtt.brns]

i can only remember being asked about my scars once, in school during p.e i wasnt allowed to wear a jumper and i had fresh/healing epidermis cuts all over my arm, a girl asked me what happened and i said i fell in a bush and she said "oh, it looks cool" x) i remember thinking at the time like ahh fuck no dont tell me that lol

 

[godbody]

I used to lie & make up stories as a teenager but now as an adult it feels way too obvious that I'm lying & idk feels cringe in the moment

 

[BojackHorseman]

I used to lie out of shame. I grew up on a farm and at the time I worked running machinery, so I was easily believable when I would make up a machinery or farm accident story.

 

[AmericanMary]

So not SH scars, but a lottt of kink scars.. so relatable to the concept lol.

People think my cat is the devil & im a really clumsy welder from the stories i tell when directly asked.

 

[winamp]

no one can see them so no one can really ask about them

but for when they do eventually see them and ask about them

I have a story about how I almost got "arrested" because of one of them/multiple because I personally find that story funny and all the ways I could've got out of a situation like that if I got detained or pulled aside for whatever reason

 

[Heartaches]

I used to use a similar cat excuse as well, it was the quickest thing that'd come up in my head. I don't really tell any funny or fake stories nowadays though, I try to hide them or pull the attention to another area of my body so people don't ask (or notice, preferably).​

 

[Konnsz]

im usually very blunt on my past, if they keep asking, depending on the person i putt them a stop on how I dont want o talk about them. But since I always use hoodies, people barely see them.


Mines are too far brutal to use the cat excuse

 

[eatantz]

I have 2 cats so i always use the cat excuse, even though many of my scars are shaped into hearts

 

[Alltheywanted]

When my 7 years old siblings asked me about mine, I told them I fought a bear lol

 

[StalkedByDeath]

Whenever I'm in public like shopping for myself or doing anything in general outside I get looks because of my old sh scars, usually whenever people ask I just conjure up a funny story instead of saying what actually happened to make myself not get uncomfortable, I usually say I got them after chasing cats in thorn bushes(but go into big detail about the event)or I say its just the difficulties working with alligators, I know its stupid to some but it makes me feel better about my scars and forget them for a bit, so does anyone else have stories like these(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠)

So let me start by saying it is obvious my scars are from self harm. My entire arm is covered in them and some are fairly large, but I've long since come to terms with them and don't try to hide them (save for wearing a tattoo sleeve for job interviews/the first few weeks. I want to form first impressions based on my work, not on my scars).

When older people ask I will say "My cat scratched me", lol. A classic, though definitely not believable in my case. Otherwise something along the lines of "it got banged up a bit".

When younger people ask, that's when I'll make up a ridiculous story, because I know they already have their answer. A weird coworker once asked and I said "Believe it or not, a bobcat attacked me. I had to fight it off, but it latched on and was kicking and scratching, so my arm is torn up from that fight". His response was "Yeah right, I bet you listen to My Chemical Romance". My coworkers at the time were PISSED, but random people's words don't bother me. When you've spent 15 years struggling to stay alive they're but a drop in the ocean.

As far as comments, when I first met my (now wife) in person for the first time, we were in a Kmart and some lady had a rabbit she was pushing around in a shopping cart (real strange encounter). She said "Oh! It looks like you have bunnies too!". Another time working fast food it was "Oh mah gawd what happen to your arm!" "Ahh it got banged up a bit" "Oh I thought you got hot oil on it".

I have some newer scars, but not to the extent that I used to SH. It's much more infrequent and I don't usually create as many, so most of my scars are white and hard to notice other than when my arm is bent (the ones close to my elbow and on my shoulder become especially raised). Unless you're looking at my arm, it doesn't immediately pull everyone's eyes to it like it used to when I had 100+ fresh scars at once.

That's been my experience over the past decade. People tend to not say anything, but every now and then someone will ask or show their support. I am 25 years old and started when I was 13; I can count with my fingers how many strangers have brought them up.

im usually very blunt on my past, if they keep asking, depending on the person i putt them a stop on how I dont want o talk about them. But since I always use hoodies, people barely see them.


Mines are too far brutal to use the cat excuse

I'm of the same boat. I am a fairly open book, and will have that conversation if someone I am acquainted with wants to. With strangers I keep it brief and just say something to brush them off. My scars are also far too extensive and large to be cat scratches (My arm is covered wrist to shoulder, front to back), but I'll still say "My cat scratched me", lol. There isn't usually a follow up question to that answer believe it or not.