I bite my lip and change the topic. Most of my cuts are on hidden parts though like my belly, so chances are anyone looking at them is pretty close to me and has suspected the truth already anyway.

Mine are all on my legs, and I've NEVER worn shorts, even as a little kid long before I ever cut. My family and friends gave up questioning why I wear long pants even when it's 90 degrees out before I even hit puberty, haha. So generally, the topic doesn't come up. I never did cut in a spot that is exposed to the public. As for the few people who HAVE seen my scars, I have been honest to them about it. Because that's limited to like 3 very close female friends, my boyfriend, and my former doctor- people I trust not to judge me. :)

I tell them the truth. My past made me who I am today. I am not ashamed of it.

i say i fell off my skateboard which usally doesn't work but having people ask you what they are usally suspect it anyway. so i just quickly change the subject or say ive got to go or something.

I've never been a cutter per se, because I've always preferred blunt trauma when it comes to pain (never thought I'd say that). This kind of practice usually doesn't leave scars, but it often leaves very visible marks. Take, for example, last night: I used a table lamp to hit myself over the head for the better part of an hour. This left a lot of bruises on my face, including two cuts on my cheek and forehead. When asked about this during the day, I just went ahead and told them that I had done it to myself. I didn't answer them when they asked why, though.

I'd usually say something like "Oh, it's just something stupid, don't worry about it," and then change the subject. I find it interesting that people who hurt themselves are so much more receptive at noticing others that hurt themselves, too. e.g. a person who cuts themselves will easily look for, and find, cuts on someone else.

first, i almost always have my cuts/scars covered. most of them are on my shoulder and i never wear anything that would expose them. it's pretty obvious what they are from. second, i've done two recent cuts in stupid places. i wasn't thinking. one is on top of my hand and my sister did notice that one. i said nothing...then said it was from washing the dishes. i'm not ready to tell my family. i try at all times to keep even the obvious one's hidden. it's a sensitive topic for me. my guy knows and that's pretty much it. too many people judge cutters and don't know anything about us. they just say that "emo" crap. hence why i try to avoid the topic at all cost in my real life. on here, i'm more open to discuss my issues.

Truth is always stranger than fiction. I have a stabbing wound on my chest, partially covered by chest hair. You can see it when I go to the beach. People expect that I was in some dark alley when a gang asked me for my money. Nope. I was about nine or ten when I tripped in my bedroom at night and fell on a toy car, which dug in about half an inch. If you've seen some of my other injury stories here on AB, you know: I'm accident prone.

If someone was to see my scars, and it is pretty likely since most of them are on my wrists, I would tell them the truth. My scars are a part of me.

Whenever my parents or sister notice, I always play it off as some random injury because mine are on my forearm and I usually wear T-shirts since it is very warm in my area.I been asked by my friends about them as well and have to tell the same lies to them as well.I'm getting worried now because my sister seems to be getting suspicious of the truth, and a friend of mine has noticed how straight they are and is asking questions.I don't want to be written of as a teenage nutcase by everyone so I have to keep it a secret.

It really depends on who the person is. If it is someone I trust, I tell them the truth. If it a stranger I just try to change the subject.

Only people I trust I tell. Others I lie to.

i tell them the truth if they happen to see but try my very best to keep them hidden.

I wouldn't call myself a cutter, but I do have a habit of digging out small cysts that form just under the skin. If anyone asks about the scars or wounds (I currently have one on my face from a group of four I dug out this morning), I tell them the truth.

its something that i dont like to talk about so i dont really tell them the truth because the people that are close to me. already know

If I don't know them very well, I tell them terrorists attacked me. If they're my friends, I trust them to figure it out.

Depends on who's asking. If it's a friend, I say the truth. If it's anyone else, I make up a different lie every time. You can kind of tell that they're self-inflicted. All straight and in a row and whatnot.

when people see my scars, they already know how it happened.

um, well when people ask me why i wear a jacket in miami in the middle of the summer i be like im cold, but you know... but also when they ask me why i have so many bracelets on i be like cause i like to use them but truth is cause im hiding my scars... i think that when people ask you why u have that thing in ur hands or what happened to u... u have to be careful who u answer cause maybe it can be some little bitch pretending to be ur friend and then u will figure out she told everybody... or someone who will end up telling a teacher cause she wanted to help u... but u know i mean like u should just tell them to mind their own shit cause that is something personal and u shouldnt be telling ppl why u did it or w/e u know... is my opinion... peace =D

depends who it is, if it's like some one like a police person or my parents or someone thats an adult that can do something, then i will lie my ass off to them just to get them to stop asking me sometimes i'll just hold on to my arm and look down at my feet and not say anything i'm not ashamed of my scars, because say that i've been through a tramatic thing and gotten through it with only a few scars to show...they remind me what i'm living for but most of the time if it's kids that are my age or somewhere close..i'll either tell them...or stay quiet for a long amount of time

i don't think anyone's ever asked. its easy to cover the ones on my stomach and legs, but wearing long sleeves year round kind of raises a few questions. i just say i'm cold or something. those questions are easier to answer than "hey what happened to your arm?"

I find I make up whatever excuse that seems to be plausable and believable at the time and according to who is asking. It's something that I am ashamed of for my family and those who love me. They feel responsible for the cuts and the scars when in all fairness and realness, they or only responsible for the lack of.

The only people I ever told the truth to are hubby, former counselor, and preacher. Everyone else would get whatever accident type story I can come up with. They all know I'm a clutz, so that's what they expect of me.

I tell them the truth, im not ashamed of anything ive done in my past really...everything that has happened has made me who i am, my family all knows now, if it doesnt bother them..why should i worry about what other people think.

i can recognise self harmers from a mile away, its my job, i dont think any less of them, if it helps then hey........

In BDSM, the term is "blood sports," though the cutting is done by the dominant to the submissive, rather than to oneself. The issues are much the same: hiding the scars from vanilla friends, and medical safety. It helps to find a kink-friendly doctor who won't call the authorities at the slightest suspicion of "abuse." Most importantly though (you probably know this already) make sure your implements are sterile. Soaking in either bleach or rubbing alcohol works well (but NEVER-EVER mix chemicals like these to "improve" the results), though for serious sterilization, an Autoclave is the best (sort of like a medical grade pressure cooker that hospitals use to sterilize scalpels).

it depends on who asks. if a close friend asks, then i'd tell them the truth. if it's someone else, i'd ask what they think they're from, with a very nasty smile on my face. it's a rude question, it should get a rude answer.

No one really asks me about my scars, but if they do I just tell them the truth.. then they stop talking to me :(

I am not an active cutter... YEAH! However, I have engaged in just about every sort of self-injurious behavior imaginable, so I can answer this. First off, I NEVER cut in a place that would be visible to the outsider. It was always in a place on my body that would be hidden by my clothing. That being said... if someone did happen to notice my scars, I still would probably not tell the truth. I have a pre-planned answer for each scar I have. I think this is pretty much the norm for most 'cutters' who experience a lot of shame. Non-cutters simply don't understand the 'benefits' (as dysfunctional as they are) we experience from cutting. It's not worth my time/effort to try to explain it to them, only to have them turn and run like hell in the other direction.

i tell them the truth ... but i do cut where is is visible ... so sometimes my mom may see them ... and she'll b like ... what happened 2 ur wrists and arms?? and ill be like ... ... ... i got in a fight with the cat ... that is the only person i lie 2 bout it ... but when someone at school sees them ... they r like "u cut urself?" and im like yesh ... then they stop talking 2 me ... then tell someone like a teache or the counselor =[

i dont hide it my mom saw my scars and asked me what the hell i was doing hurting myself like that and i told her the truth i do it because i cant stand my mom, my dad is cheating on my mom, i hate my school,my bf is an asshole so we broke up as for school when someone sees and asks i tell them that i cut myself because of family issues

when i was yonger i would lie and say oh i fell or i was in the woods or something but now that i havent done it in 4 years now i tell the truth before i was so ashamed but now i know that i cant get away from them they are always going to be there and they were a mistake.

if it was someone i trusted, i would probably tell the truth, but when people are just nosey, i tell them sarcastically that i was walking the dog and i fell down a tin mine and was trying to grab onto all these thistles to stop myself falling lol.now that ive thought aobut it, it probably is easier to tell the truth, but some people are so nosey and judgemental.

I don't cut... but my sister used to tell people it was the cat scratching her. Which was strange, because both of the cats were declawed.

I have been a cuter on and off since I was 13 - that was 30 years ago and now been again. I try to strategically cut where it will not be noticed and if asked I tell them I went camping and the woods got me or the dog jumped me while playing. I have scars that when I see the doctor can not be explained away; in that situation I ignore any questions and say "it's nothing" to do with why I'm here and look away from them. I recently been going to counseling and the guy really thinks it is ok as long as I can be truthful. Dose'nt help seeming like he thinks it is a fine coping thing and I want it to stop but I am a masochist; probably like it too much.

Pretty much true; peeps are going to notice. You either be a liar or just keep away or camo ur self. I really noticed when they notice it makes them more uncomfortable then me. So, I am not"out" but peeps will make you out and then I just say so what it is a fetish and laugh about it; I like it - have your met a masochist; their confused and say no more. Recently went to a swim party and did not care.

You do not understand - peeps - cause a cutter is a masochist. Give your child a dog bone to chew maybe he'll be fine...at that age I would think he just wants attention not painful gratification..

i lie sometimes, but if am with someone i can really trust i would tell them, only 1 person though i can really trust.

I just say I dont want to talk about it most people respect that and depending on where they are Ill say stuff like 'I fell on a barbed wire fence when I was riding my horse'

I do a combination of both. as much as i would like to tell people the truth i just don't have the heart to do it. I don't want to burden others with my emotional stuff so i normally lie or walk away or change the subject.

Depends on who it is. Some people can read me like a book so it's difficult to lie to them. I've lost count of the amount of times I've been attacked by "a friend's cat"...

i haven't cut in about 4 years. most of my scars are on my thighs and i don't wear shorts, but i do have some on my shoulder and my arms. it's pretty obvious what they are from. when someone asks me what they're from, i ask them why they're asking me when they already know the answer. people aren't stupid, they just want to hear it from you.i say fuck em, if they're that stupid to ask, let them figure it out on their own.

most people don't ask. they just comment.

"I tell them the truth. My past made me who I am today. I am not ashamed of it." Couldn't have said it better myself. I haven't lied about an injury since I was about 12 years old. (i'm 18 now) I'm not proud of what I've done to myself, but I'm not ashamed either. Cutting myself has been my way of surviving since I was 11 years old and if someone can't at least try to understand that then they're not worth trying to explain it. I always cover fresh injuries but when I'm in a better spot and everything's healed up I'll wear short sleeves/shorts. They're just scars and I'm not ashamed of them anymore. The only time I wouldn't say is if one of my parents' students (my parents own a ballroom dance studio) asked. That's only happened once and I still didn't quite lie. I told them that it was a long story (which it definitely is) and left it at that. They may have suspected (it's pretty obvious) but I'm not going to flaunt it to my parents clients. Other than that I usually welcome an opportunity to explain something about it and try to spread awareness.

this has been really interesting to read everyone's responses..and to know im not alone in a cutters world. i think my answer is a combination of a few answers here. i have been cutting for around 8 years, mostly on my arm and i love my scars, not that i show them off but its just that they've been there for so long now they are apart of me, sometimes i dont even notice them. its odd, so many of my friends have seen the scars, but never ask, and i have never told a soul about them, i thought i was over it, but i have realised i am addicted to cutting, the hypocritical relief, though it is, is somthing i crave, due to my career i now cut my thighs where no one sees, but its not the same as the arm, i am dying *pardon the pun* to cut my arms again, but now i am older if is harder to hide the fresh wounds from home + work in a really hot climate, but i dont feel as though i should cover them, they are apart of me and people should just accecpt the way i am and how i work. i think i can get away with it though because in the distance you see the smiling bubbly long blonde haired girl, but it is only up close that you see the marks.i love them, but tell people i was scratched by my cat, allthough people know whats really happened, i think it would freak them out if i said in my chripy tone " i cut myself" anyway, thanks for letting me rant on for a bit! xo

i lie. i say i scratched myself on the edge of my nightstand the night before. or i say i cut myself on the edge of my locker. or i just say "oh. i didn't even notice that. how did that get there?" and pretend i was clueless. and maybe i am. i'm probably one of the last people anyone would suspect of cutting. and sometimes it doesn't happen often. but somedays, i get really depressed, and i feel as if there might be no other way out. nothing utterly traumatic has happened to me in my life, and i'm afraid of my reaction when something really bad does happen. i'm such a perfectionist....a "goody-goody" and i think that's why no one suspects it. and i think that might be why i do it. because i can't handle the fact that i'm not perfect, or anything close to it. i hate myself. and nobody knows. maybe i hide it to well, or maybe i just tell really convincing lies. either way, nobody knows.

Depends who they are. If they're just asking coz they are dick-heads and are nosy I'm just like YES! Okay now piss off. But if they are genuinley asking I say yeah and tell them what they want to know.

I lie about it a lot. I mean...I don't want people to find out yet. I often say its my cat ( the most used) or I scratched myself on ' accident'

i tell them the truth if they find out, but i do my best to not let them find out because i dont trust others with the knowledge of this. i have learned not to trust people with these kind of things

i tell them the truth if they ask, im not ashamed of it. theres no reason to be, ive finally gotten over cutting with some help and i no longer do it. its sometimes hard, but at the same time im glad its done with. it adds more stress to your life, because all you think about is "what if someone see's my cuts?" "how am i gonna hide these?" cutting becomes all you think about, in every single way. the past is the past, and if people wanna talk shit or be assholes, i tell them they can go fuck themselves. no one knows what goes on behind closed doors, or how people feel internally. all that matters is that its done with, and that im happy. it is hard to stop though, no reason to lie about it. but whoever still currently is cutting, really should get help. and find other ways to deal with their issues.

people need to stop worrying so much about what other people think. and live for themselves. its only yourself that matters.

i lie since i am twelve most of the kids are pretty gullible and misunderstanding i tell them that the cat scratched me

this question should read 'ex cutters' if there scars only! it depends whos asking. a stranger i only just met i try to say none of your business and if they push i say i do not want to talk to you about it. some1 i know and feel comfortable with or seems trustworthy. i tell them i used to self harm because of issues i had back then. most of the time they are to uncomfortable to ask y, but i try to tell the truth. with people i know but dont really like or trust i just say i dont want to talk about it. they normally change subject. my best friends have never asked what my scars are from or y. and if i see some1 with scars i try not to talk about it. i asked once thinking it was an accident when she told me she cut her self once and i was horrified knowing what she must feel about it.

mostly i lie, tell them my my cat did it. but the few that know the real reasons, try to be there for me.

i dont usually cut where ppl notice...like on my ankles below where i where my socks and i ALWAYS have socks on.if somebody were to notice it would be pretty obvious because theres several of them.i have cut my wrists but only 4 cuts so i say it was my cat.i also have eraser burns that look like normal burns like on a pan.a couple on my ankles and one on my hand.when ppl ask me what happend i say that i burned it on a pan while making myself eggs

Most of my cuts are on my thighs, with a few on my calf, left hand, and right wrist. The only ones people usually notice are the ones on my hand, because its the most obvious. When someone does notice a cut on my calf or hand, if it is one of my close friends who know I do it, I say the truth. Anyone else either gets the subject changed or a bizarre answer so they drop it because I'm obviously not going to tell the truth. Some of the bizarre ones: I wrestled/slept with a hedgehog/porcupine. I got in a fist fight with a barbed wire fence. A secret spy mission. Rabid (Insert animal here. I usually say giraffe.) I was in an action movie as the badass hero with the chainsaw. (I'm a girl.) Flying scissors. I jumped through a window escaping from the bank I was robbing. Swordfight. Pirates. Ninjas. Ninja pirates. Aliens dissected me. Pretend I have amnesia. And those are some of the bizarre answers I give. Just an extra tip: the bizarre and random are a good way of avoiding most uncomfortable topics. Like why the band-aids are missing. The answer is simple: space-robots wanted an adhesive to patch up their UFO.

i just look at them and say u have no idea...they usually look at me and say i understand yet they have no scars...i look into their eyesand they feel the pain...i tell them i cut to bleed to feel alive...i cut to kno filter my blood...i cut to release the anger...i cut to live...

It normally depends on who it is.. some people guess because I'm such a bad lier and then i have to admit it.. but it's normally only my close friends who care like that anyway.. but other times i just say i was helping in the garden with rose bushes or i jst knocked it on sumthing.. I try to cover it up as much as possible though. It's not that i'm ashamed of it, but sometimes people judge and can't keep their opinion to themselves.. which can get pretty irritating. Things like when people say I cut myself just to get attention reli bugs me.. and thats why i try and hide it so people dont ask questions or say things like that.. because I know that I don't do it for attention.. but not everyone understands.

i lie, mostly because im still doing it and i dont like telling people about my past, people i have told dont belive me and at some point or another use it agenst me in an argument i find it easyer to lie i tell the truth if its someone close or a bf iv had for a month or so becuase you cant realy hide them when scars are all over your arms x

I tell the truth. I am not ashamed of my past. I am who I am because I have overcome so much. Many people will never understand but I always will. I can finally say I know what I can handle.

it depends on the person. The few of my friends that do know i dont even say anything because they know what it is but to other people i either lie or change the subject

I dont know if I've already answered this, so I'm answering it again anyway. Mine are a bit too bad to get away with any answer other than "I sliced my arms up multiple times over multiple years" but on the rare occasion that people see them and ask, I just say nothing, and they usually shut up. People are more likely to make some kind of comment or stare rather than ask though.

i lie unless i want to be the new emo girl in school and have the counseler down my throat.

I hide them to avoid it... my ex saw them and assumed that they were from occupational accidents... not from self harm. He was naive and I was very good at hiding the new cuts and the fact that I did/do cut. (obviously Im not one to cut wrists or the 'normal' places) Depends wo it is- there are some people who I would tell

im lucky enough to never have been caught

(Warning:i think i might of answered but dont remem) i lie but i know that in my school there are a good number of people who cut and the weird thing is that they talk about out loud in class and i know people who over here them. i dont who it is i would never tell anyone or want anyone to find out that i cut(except 4 my AB fam, i love all of you). i cant live with the same people everyday who just found out that i cut, that would be humiliating and just sad. i hope i can keep this to myself and that itll just be a phase.

I told my sisters, teacher, parents and sisters a lie about it. I told them I was curious. They only know about the ones on my wrist/forearm. My friends know the truth (somethings wrong) and know where they are.

A month ago I had cuts on the hidden part of my shoulder and somehow they became into view of people and I just said I ran into a tree. I only told one person the truth and he is now my boyfriend (orfriedship flourished, even with my flaw of cutting) (I'm trying to stop by the way). It always depends on the person, if it's someone you trust, tell the truth. If it's someone you barley know then I make up a excuse like "I'm a clutz" and I just leave it at that. never use the played out excuse of "my cat scratched me", everyone has heard that before.

if it is someone who i don'twant to find out i say that my cat is crazy or something (i don't have a cat never have never will i hate them they smell i love dogs) but is it is someone i can trust i'll say the truth

It depends on how much they have seen, i would usually lie. but not many people have seen mine, i hide very well.

Well the reason i cut myself is so much more complicated then the actual problems that i had to begin with. when i cut its a different reason almost every time nd it would take to long to state the reason for each mark nd than its also hard to tell ppl the reasons because it just starts to make me upset

I tell them the truth and explain why I did it if they want to know or are trying to find a way to understand me. I am proud of the fact that I quit doing those sort of things all by myself.

it depends on whos asking. if its some one i trust then i tell the truth but if its not i lie

If it is my good friend, I tell them the truth. But why bother a stranger or your family with my crazy and suicidal past? Plus, if i can make up a good enough excuse, why look suicidal?

if they ask about my scars, on my arms, then i just tell them i used to have issues (ie, the truth) firstly because i'm not ashamed of the scars, they've helped to make me 'me', and secondly because three big red lines on your wrist are pretty obvious. but if they see the actual cuts on my hip, i just change the subject, or say i walked into a table or something. i know it's obvious, but cuts are harder to talk about than scars, because they're more in the present /:

I look them in the eye, take a dfeep breath, and blab on about how clumbsy I am and fell or something. I will never, ever tell anyone that I cut unless they already know and I trust them.

I hate when people ask, especially in a professional setting, but I don't lie. I've been chewed out by some absurdly rude people in public because they somehow got offended by my scars, so I usually try to cover them up when I'm out of the house. It gets difficult when you're wearing a long-sleeve thermal shirt on a 95-degree summer day, though.

if i get cought off guard i choke and tell teh truth but play it off like its not a big deal and then walk away

I would not ever lie about it. The reason why I cut myself is because I could not stop thinking and was in mental pain. The fact that my scars are scars and not open wounds tell that I have overcome the pain and have grown into a stronger person who is no longer influenced by negative thoughts and is no longer being thrown around by feelings. I am proud of myself that I have learned to express myself in another way all by myself. If someone is not capable of undestanding that, well than I could not care much. I am just me, and if they wish to judge me by my cover than they sure are missing out on a lot of good things.

i stole this frome someone foreva ago but here's my two faves either I had unprotected sex with a porqupine or I was at a party with Marilyn Manson and everyone was hugging me lol.

i lie. i always make up a lie about some incident that happened to me. im sure that my sister knows though,she reads through my diary a lot but she just doesnt want to deal with me any more so i guess thats why she hasnt said anything.

im embarrassed i lie. or try to hide them. its very embarrassing and when i look at them i as myself what i was thinking, then i think again i know exactly why. to hide the pain i feel, its the greatest high but yet the most destructive anyone can do to them self. ive inflicted pain upon myself many times. the people you care about most affects them all. you make think its the answer unless you are successful with killing yourself if thats really what you strive for. we were not put on this earth to take the easy way out. i know. ive been so close to death recently. my father has even found me blue in my bed thinking i was dead with a needle in my arm. he has always said to me out of all the times ive tried ITS NOT MY TIME. I CAN FINALLY REALIZE THAT. i still have a problem and dont know if and when it will ever stop but i cant afford a next time. i was so close to dying the doctors reassured me of that. its an impulse to forget everything and an immediate rush. but is it worth it after so many tries. i relalize i have so much to live for. but its almost uncotrollable. its seems like i fall every few to be more clear 2-3 months. im scared for the next time...

it really depends on who it is. if its my friends i tell them the truth. if its a stranger, i just change the subject. but i use scar stuff on my arms so i barely have any and now i cut on my legs so no one sees the cuts.

I just usually tell the truth...but those are about my cuts and scars. Now about the bruises that I inflict (I hit myself with objects) I lie about them and say I fell. i do that so i won't have to so back the mental hospital again.

Depends who is asking& how much I trust them

depends on who the person that asks is. if i trust them, i tell them. if i dont i make something up, but they usually figure it out anyway and ask y

Ill be honest I have more burn scars from searing my self purposely then cut marks and when people ask i simply tell them the truth and why. I tend to have low self esteem about myself and being unhappy causes me to inflict pain on my body to get some relief from it, I punish myself for my depression.

I cut for 9 years && have MANY scars. I love my scars, my parents wanted me to use scar treatments to get rid of them but I refused. I tell anyone that asks. My scars each have a story that have made me who I am today. You gain a lot more respect that way && don't have to lie.

My poor kitties aren't as mean as people think they are....they've never scratched AT ALL, actually... Most of my cuts are in places covered by nearly all clothes.... (including most swimsuits)

This isn't scars, per se, but I usually cut on my hip, so nobody sees, but last night I sort of ran out of room and did my thigh... not really thinking about the whole school uniform skirt on formal mondays and I don't own tights thing. Of course, I crossed my legs in just the wrong way in Spanish class and this girl was like "what happened to your leg?" at the top of her lungs. (this was the first time somebody who is not very close to me and a cutter themselves as ever noticed/asked) Everybody turned around... I stammered something about my cat... and she was like "that doesn't look like a cat! Is there something you need to tell us?" this girl isn't even that close to me... I said "no, I swear it was my cat." she asked me which cat, since I have three... I told this insane story about how my big cat was attacking the kittens (which actually happens ALL the time) and how I got scratched saving them (Which DID actually sort of happen, like last month, and gave me one of the four wrist scars I have....perfect matcvh to the cutting ones) So yes... I lie. I have been asked once. I lied once. Yay me...not :(

i lie completely, i say my cats use me as a scratching post when im asleep

usually i just tell them to think really hard about how i would get so many scars on my arms, and depending on who is asking the question i get some pretty crative responses. when my friend asked me last year i told him i used to be a ninja and that as a form of initiation they inflicted pain upon me to see how long i could hold out in an intterogation. : ) hes been my best friend ever since.

recently had my 12 year old neice over my house, she saw my arm looked concerned and asked if i was emo.. i laughed so hard i almost cried. i was cutting for 10 years havent in almost 2 years now. i hate the scars, i hate that i feel so ugly now but when she asked me and after i was done laughing i said to her "I used to think no one loved me, but i realized it was me that didn't love me, i love myself now and those are my reminders of how ugly things can get when you stop loving yourself." I think its important when someone sees the scars and they say something to you about it to tell them the truth.

i only tell the truth to my closest bff-but i just mostly lie to everyone and say my cat did it and they believe me, yet some are still suspicious-idkk...JeSiKa i wish i could say the same, maybe one day...but not today... :))

mine are mostly on my legs, so only one person ever has asked me... I did five cuts right above my knee (why I did them so low is beyond my grasp) and the girl next to me in spanish class saw them (we wear uniform skirts, I'm not stupid enough to not wear pants when I have a choice) and I told her it was my cat. She didn't believe me AT ALL and kept asking if there was something I needed to tell her. THis girl and I aren't close at all... and my BEST FRIEND didn't even know about my cutting at this point... so I kept lying until she shut up.

i lie if i dont trust the person, but if i do trust them then i tell them the truth