Venting self harm for attention

[claeasi]

i have dealt with many self-harm issues since i was very young (11 years old).
I recently saw content on mainstream social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Many people there reacted to videos or photos of people with scars or anything related to self-harm as a "way of getting attention."
I know this can really happen, but i believe that even if someone does this to get attention, it's because they've never been listened to, and for them, this was a somewhat "sick" way to get attention.
In my case, i never intended to draw attention to myself or show off scars; i always hid them very well, even without a coat my arm always looked a bit strange. I hid it so well that my parents only found out two years later, and even after they found out, I kept doing it and managed to hide it, and to this day they still haven't found out (19y)
When i see people on the internet saying that this is just for attention, that if the person really wants attention they should cut their throat, and things like that, it makes me sick.
How can people be so mean?
This hurts me. I never hurt myself intentionally to show it to anyone, but rather to feel that my pain was valid and that i didn't need to die for any of my problems to disappear.
Somehow i ended up finding comfort in all of this, and i simply couldn't stop. Sometimes i can, but it's temporary.
This increases my desire to commit CTB.. maybe a life without scars on my arms and thighs would make me happier, lol.. i think i would restrict myself less from doing certain things like going to the beach, wearing tank tops... Ts pmo

 

[L.D.50]

i cut myself relatively often. but i don't want attention, or pity, or help.
its just convenient. i don't know why it matters so much to people what i do with my body anyways.
i get stares and looks sometimes, but eh, idc that much.
it sucks that the people get such a bad stigma.

 

[takuyangel]

i try my best to hide my sh scars i think they're rly embarrassing. i get where it comes from tho i guess especially when it's done by younger/more emotionally immature people who flaunt it but it's honestly just an unfunny and played out stigma used to put others down. also love ur fallen angels pfp.

 

[claeasi]

i try my best to hide my sh scars i think they're rly embarrassing. i get where it comes from tho i guess especially when it's done by younger/more emotionally immature people who flaunt it but it's honestly just an unfunny and played out stigma used to put others down. also love ur fallen angels pfp.

Thank you so much, darling, you're sweet. i identify with what you said, thats really so sad.. (⁠｡⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)

 

[Leonard_Bangley39]

i like looking at my scars, but i always try to hide them not because im ashamed or embarrassed, but because its just a conversation i dont want to have with people

 

[Pale_Rider]

I worry that my suicidal urges amount to attention seeking sometimes, because it's hard to do the dirty deed of killing myself. That's what I have on that.

So I really digress and try to keep my mouth shut on suicide. The plus is when asked I can easily say I'm not suicidal cause even though I'm tired of life I don't think I can end it currently.