Does anyone love their self harm scars?

[loser41]

For me it's one of the few things I actually like about myself. I don't know why, but I think they're beautiful. I have cuts up and down my arm and just want more of them. they aren't incredibly deep, but they were deep enough to scar and show up if my arm gets even a little tan. Does anyone else genuinely enjoy their scars? What are yours from?

 

[skitliv]

Mine are from self harming too, I don't like them at all

 

[worldexploder]

I only have one. It was in Sep 2017 after I found out my aunt went to every gun shop in town and told them not to sale me a firearm. I wanted to CTB with a 12 gauge. I carved a large X into my upper arm. First and last time I ever did anything like that. Still got the pictures.

 

[BaconCheeseburger]

I like mine. I wish I had more. I just wish I had the opportunity to cut myself more. I haven't for months.

 

[Nofaith]

Actually I did. They used to bring me comfort. But like everything else it fades. I wanted something new so I've had most them covered now. My very first scar is still visible though. I'm not going to cover that one.

 

[Trashcan]

No. They couldn't go away fast enough back when I self harmed. (I still have some very slight ones, but you can't really tell).

 

[RM5998]

I quickly become indifferent to them. That's part of why I need to keep cutting.

 

[DeletedUser4739]

For me it's one of the few things I actually like about myself. I don't know why, but I think they're beautiful. I have cuts up and down my arm and just want more of them. they aren't incredibly deep, but they were deep enough to scar and show up if my arm gets even a little tan. Does anyone else genuinely enjoy their scars? What are yours from?

My scars are from surgeries. They're on a part of my body I used to appreciate, back when I appreciated my body.

Lately, when my mind starts really going off the rails, I've been fantasizing about giving myself little puncture wounds with the tip of a chef's knife. I've never been a cutter, but this idea has been running through my head more and more. Not as a method, but as a distraction from the pain in my mind.

 

[RM5998]

Not as a method, but as a distraction from the pain in my mind.

Isn't that what self-harm is about? A coping mechanism for mental anguish?

 

[Jaded]

I didn't mind them on my right arm but seeing them forming on my left arm really depresses me.

 

[Dog Food]

I have them on my thighs. It calms me running my hands over them when I'm upset. They're in perfect lines.
However, the scars on my wrist from when I was a teenager upset me a bit, because they're obvious in social situations.

 

[loser41]

I have them on my thighs. It calms me running my hands over them when I'm upset. They're in perfect lines.
However, the scars on my wrist from when I was a teenager upset me a bit, because they're obvious in social situations.

thats exactly what i do, but as long as they aren't fresh i don't care who sees them.

I like mine. I wish I had more. I just wish I had the opportunity to cut myself more. I haven't for months.

same. i don't have enough hoodies to wear a different one everyday, so cutting is hard. not only that, but i live in a dorm with another person, so i have to wear a hoodie at all times when they're fresh.

 

[Anon1337]

I hate them. I don't want people seeing them.

 

[Rocky M]

I wouldn't say "love" but I don't mind having them

 

[RottingFlowerBrains]

I havnt cut myself in a while, i find it pointless now. It only increases how horrible my skin is. All these thick red and white scars its disgusting to me, i call it my skin condition and never get it out. I cant look people in the eyes when they can see all the horrible gaping scars
. It makes me feel like a monster for doing it to myself. Im very insecure

 

[Lil_Intro_Vert]

For me it's one of the few things I actually like about myself. I don't know why, but I think they're beautiful. I have cuts up and down my arm and just want more of them. they aren't incredibly deep, but they were deep enough to scar and show up if my arm gets even a little tan. Does anyone else genuinely enjoy their scars? What are yours from?

I feel the same, although mine are on my thigh cause I don't want anyone to see em lol. Idk why I started, I've never understood it in the past or had a strong desire to, but one day I was just like "do it" and I found I liked seeing the lines of red on me, it's weirdly satisfying. I wouldn't call myself a masochist cause I usually hate pain so idk why I do it exactly but I'm not stopping any time soon

 

[stellabelle]

For me it's one of the few things I actually like about myself. I don't know why, but I think they're beautiful. I have cuts up and down my arm and just want more of them. they aren't incredibly deep, but they were deep enough to scar and show up if my arm gets even a little tan. Does anyone else genuinely enjoy their scars? What are yours from?

I hate them and would like to cover them with tattoos if I chose to live.

 

[Suicide47]

I love mine. I have scars hidden on my feet and upper legs, one on my wrist. But the noticeably deep scars are below my belly button and I love all my scars. I was just about to make more now, I'm starting to want to show people my scars from self harm

 

[JJ-NOHOPE]

I love them. They are "eloquent " in a way that speech isn't.

My left forearm looks like a bear mauled it.

However.... if I do decide to live and get a job again it will be very awkward.

But I hope to be never ashamed of them. They are a part of me.

 

[NotWorthLiving]

Most of mine are hidden but I still love them. Like they're under my shirt and shorts so people can't see them but I do have some really faded ones on my legs which I'm still proud of.

 

[Xaphous]

They do have some warped sentimental value that I can't quite describe.

 

[GhostedToast]

I've grown to accept them and be alright about them being on my body. But as for love i can't say I've grown to love them. They're just whats left of something i did

 

[خوف]

I can't say I love them but every time I harm myself, I smile. I torture myself because I deserve it.

 

[TheCrow]

I have them all over my left wrist, left ankle, and a little on my right ankle, even though I did it 20 years ago. I wish I didn't do it. I have to be so cautious when leaning my face on my left hand when people I'm not close to are sitting across from me, or when I'm sitting Indian-style. People are so quick to be wide-eyed and write you off as "crazy," and I don't want to give them the opportunity to assess me.

 

[LiveSlowDieFast]

I don't have many thankfully. To me it's like if I don't really feel alive or I feel out of control, then looking at them reaffirms that there is something I can affect and influence if that makes sense.

 

[Stillnotsure]

Do tattoos count? I feel so, grounded when I'm getting one done, trying to master the pain of them carving into my skin.

 

[FailureGirl]

When I first started cutting to cope with my depression I was 15 and ashamed and scared of people finding out, by the time I hit 20 I still felt shame when people saw my scars so I still sometimes hid them and I definitely hid any new cuts but at the same time I began seeing the beauty in them and now almost 10 years later I carve beautiful straight lines and admire the scars they leave.

 

[nex]

I wish I didn't have mine because I don't want people to wonder and/or ask. Cutting myself didn't do anything for me so the scars are pointless. Given the choice, I'd undo them.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

i used to be ashamed of them, now i just don't care. but no definitely don't "love" them

 

[narval]

I've a little scar of a (intended) cut in my left arm. I doesn't think too much about it, but i don't dislike it.
Also i've a scar with triangle form in one of my fingers (left hand). It was a little accident, nothing important. The scar is little and was a surprise but i like it