Especially with someone like me that was always jealous as a teen seeing everyone in a relationship on social media yet I was alone until 17 when I actually experienced teen love and when your first ever relationship nearly gets you in trouble with the law, you tend to not look at them positively. I don’t wanna get into too much detail but all I’ll say is we were both mentally ill and she never took me serious about it. Every time I was sad she basically tried to cheer me up but in a chew out tone

Two were deep, so the scars are raised on those too.

The rest isn't too bad, but it's literally tiny straight lines very faint.

But since they are so "perfectly" straight and right to to each other, you can easily tell it didn't come from an accident but on purpose.

And yes, I will have to get over it. I have never wore a short sleeve outside but I want and have to get over it.

I never really wanted tattoos but you guys may be right. That could be a good permanent fix.

I appreciate the positive comments

If you don’t mind me asking, how recent are they? Cause mine healed eventually after maybe a couple months

feel u bro, this sound corny but what u can do is just use a lot of gauze

About 5 years or so now.

I used shaving razor blades for it so I don't know if that did more damage than something else would have done.

id recommend make up but i never tried it

Honestly I agree with people saying don’t hide them. The right people will find you crawling out of dark times admirable and to the ones that judge, f*** ‘em. They were never real

thread made me realize that a good portion of this community has been struggling with their mental health and probably escaped into the online in the process

only way is to embrace it and move forward

I’m sorry about that, OP.
I think you should be able to get away with it among trusted loved ones at least; maybe ease into it.

Yeah as others were kinda saying, the right people won't say anything until they feel comfortable enough around you to respectfully ask about the story, and tbh the wrong people likely won't say anything at all. If they do or they think some judgemental ass s*** about you, f*** em. They're just saving you the time.

Sorry life brought you to a place where you felt you had to harm yourself, OP.

It might be hard, but it could be a good experience to gradually build your sense of worth by letting your scars show. Sure, it's possible you’ll be judged at some point, but it’s just as likely, if not more so, that people will embrace your vulnerability and show you love because of it.

I’m sorry that happened. Ima be honest with you, majority of people won’t even notice. Feel comfortable making a change in your life because you want to, not because of other people’s opinions/micro-aggressions that you may be placing upon yourself that may never present themselves.

You wanna wear short sleeves? Do it dawg and feel comfortable. Don’t beat yourself up over scenarios that may never happen

Oh wow

Awwww you could always turn them b****es into dope ass tattoos @OP don’t be ashamed your scars are beautiful

Noting to be ashamed of man. You just need to embarrass them and know they’re apart of your past. They aren’t scars that shoe weakness. They’re scars that show you made it out of that hell you were in and chose to keep going and to chose life

I know mental bleach stuff never completely goes away, but the fact you are here right now is awesome man

Anyone that will judge you are just a******s

If its not too noticeable or if you didnt scars that are like a pattern or something then just say youve worked in construction or somwthing like that

I have many scars over my body especially my legs & arms from my work with animals, manual labor, stupid s*** i did younger like falling into a hole f***ing around & from surgeries.

If theyre not pattern looking or like have purpose thought put into it you should be fine.

@op

Your friends will probably ask about it so you can make up an excuse like above, or just be honest with them which if theyve beem friends long enough they will probably understand.

With strangers tho just use the excuses of like construction or whatever.

sorry, but no one gaf about your scars. go ahead and wear those short sleeves

Great post

Wear your battle scars with pride OP you are still standing here

Just own it man, it's a story and says something about where you've been and where you're going. You friends might judge you but if you open up and maybe they understand where you've been they might find some respect in that.

There's nothing wrong with that, we've all got scars (some visible, some invisible) just cherish it if you can. It's all cool at least in my book.