What do i tell people when they ask about my scars?

a lot of people in my society don't know about self injury!


what do I tell them when they ask me about the scars?!


how about when they say i'm crazy or freak?


or make fun of it?!


how should I react?What do i tell people when they ask about my scars?
When people ask about my scars I usually smile and tell them it was at a low point in my life and I was going thru a tough time but its getting better. You should at least educate them a little about self-injury and don't panic. Most people understand that you had a low point and if your getting better and recovering its fantastic.What do i tell people when they ask about my scars?
Tell them the truth, that you did it a while back or a long time ago. Now you have had help and are better. Help to inform them. This could be happening to someone they love or know and they just don't know how to address it. If they say things like you are a freak or make fun of it, tell them something like Yeah, I was crazy. I am not any more though.


It takes a strong person to overcome such obstacles in their life. I wish you the best of luck!
Crazy cat attack.
Frirst of all, seek professional help for this problem. This is a serious mental health problem that could end up very badly. Second, if people start making fun of you, don't do anything, ignore it, they don't understand that you're a person with a problem and that you need the help of a doctor to get better. Please seek professional help, this is something that requires inner strenght and you need to find help. God bless you and remember that he loves you even if you feel that everyone else doesn't. Remember that God's love is always there for you.
a lot of my friends were self harmers and we spent a lot of time discussing what would be the least creepy thing to say. we decided that the best thing to do was to think of a different riduculous reason everytime someone asks. i mean whats the point of telling people they wont understand, its easier for them to think you got them for example whilst separating a cat fight [literally] and although they wont believe you they wont guess what theyre really from. the people who know wont ask you and wont think youre crazy.


dont be ashamed of them though. yes you shouldnt be proud of them but theyre part of your past.


alternatively you could tell the truth but casually like ';yeah theyre from when i used to self harm'; but i think some people are a lot more small minded than others so youll have to judge who you think wont actually be creeped out.


also im glad youve asked this. ive always thought this is the kind of question everyone wants to ask but is too scared to. not everyone is fortunate enough to have had friends to help them deal with it.


good luck and dont let them get you down. if they think youre crazy theyre not going to be worth your time anyway.
unless you want to tell them i wouldnt tell them


its non or their business and they are rude to be asking


simply say


';that is personal and really i do not discuss personal matters'; and looked very shocked when saying this


like you cant believe they had the bad manners to ask


good luck
Tell them that you use to self harm. If they don't understand you they should respect you for who you are if they are your friend or family members or others.
I WAS BITTEN BY A SHARK!
Doctors and nurses ask me all the time. I just tell them it's personal. They never say nothing more about it. God bless you.
Well people don't ask about the scars, they ask why in the HELL do you have pants on in this heat, or they will ask if I'm at home and i don't expect company and i have shorts on, what happened to you although anyone with a brain knows what they are. I just think they want you to admit to it. Trust me i was one of thoughts people, ';Where did you get the scars?'; But just say its the past lets talk about the present.
Tell them it's very personal and you don't want to talk about it.
i would simply ask them, why do you ask? then decide if you really want to share with them anything of a very personal nature. you need not feel obligated to answer just because someone asks.
Hmm. Basically input that it is none of there buisness proding around in my personal issues. Then say it's not a big deal and carry on your way
Tell them that you were having some issues and that you didn't how to deal with it but you do now and that you learned from what you did. If they make fun of it, which they shouldn't, but if they do then they don't understand the seriousness of someone trying to kill themselves by cutting.
hi,


I am not sure what kind of scars you have.... But, it is still embarrassing when they ask.


You could say to them you were in an accident but now are doing better. Or tell them it is a long story .That usually works and they stop asking questions after that.


My scars do not look like si and most people already think I was in some kind of an accident .Usually the people who ask are strangers so I do not pay too much attention to it.
You shouldn't give a damn what they think. When they ask, you can just say something like 'I don't know' or whatever. And if they call you crazy or a freak, ignore them, i don't cut and i get called a freak when i walk down the street because of clothes i wear (for some reason these days girls are freaks if they don't wear pink and show off half their body) and i get stuff thrown at me, the thing is, it makes them seem like such idiots, and so close minded and so not understanding, they don't understand at all, you just have to ignore them.
Be honest, i don't under stand why any one would self inflict injury to themselves. Maybe you need to tell whats going on and why you felt that you must do this to yourself. If people think you are a freak or crazy its OK. Because a lot of people do other things to their body's, maybe not as drastic, but people over eat, people drink their self's crazy they endanger themselves every day in some way. Good luck to you, glad you turned yourself around.
it depends if you want them to know or not


if you want them to know, tell them


if you dont, tell them you were climbing a tree or something. dont tell them its none of their buisness, cuz then they will know... just act nonchalant about it and no one will ever guess