Did you ever self harm and how do you cope with the scars?

I don't try to hide them at all although I do worry sometimes what people think, even though they've faded a lot now. It's not that I'm proud of them but neither am I ashamed. They're a part of me, so take me as I am or don't, right? :)

My friend covers hers with thick leather jewelry bands. She wears them tight so they don't slip up and down her arm.

A few years ago I was really struggling with anxiety and fitting in. I slashed up my legs pretty good and had quite a few scars.
I avoided shorts until the beginning of this summer actually.
Most of my scars are quite faint, but there's one really deep one that will never fade. I've been getting so many comments about it, but I just say I got snagged by a tree branch. No one questions that.

i don't care. i do get annoyed when people ask about them, and say "what happened to your arm?" when there are multiple scars on the wrist area, and obvious from self harming

It's been a long time since I self harmed but mostly I didn't do it in obvious places. The ones on my arm are faint and I blame them on my cat if anyone asks.

I also self harm, though i havn't for a couple of months so i'm proud of myself :)

I really don't like the emo stigma that people associate with those that do self harm, it's sad.

But anyway, the worst ones are on my legs and being aneemic (having low iron so it takes me ages to heal)

If you are worried about how they look and those awkward questions, i would get some BIO OIl. It does wonders!

I really don't give a rip who sees me.

I got two really big puffy ones, and it's like, whatever, I'm still wearing tank tops.

If it's not on a weird place (I'm talking actually on your arm, not near the top where your shoulder is), you can say it was an accident and make something up. Like you tripped and your arm got caught on a nail.

I've been a sufferer of self harm since I was about 9. At the time I didn't think it was self harm and I juts simply dug a sharp object across my arm now and then. It progressed to the stage where I've been hospitalized more times than I can count. I had a very troubled childhood and the life I lead up until I ran away from home I'm not proud of and I still struggle day-to-day with self harm. I don't hide my scars any more, I used to wear lots of bracelets and sometimes I used this special effects make up that only came off when you scrubbed it. I was known as the loner in school, no one had heard me talk until year 10. (or 10th grade) I have over 300 scars all over my body which are only the ones that I can count not the ones I've done in the past. Scars are very hard to conceal and with people asking questions and ridiculing you before they know what happened doesn't help the situation.
Now I'm 19, have an amazing boyfriend and couldn't care less what people thought of me. If they want to stare and say things, let them. They can't bring you any lower than you've already been before and say to yourself 'Do you really want to have to take this journey all over again?' That's my deterrent.
I hope you accept your scars for what they are, it took me a long time to realise that.

I covored scars with a tattoo.

Ehhh i guess im a hypocrit about this but i really dont like when people cut themselves but if i dont know them ill just stay quiet about it. Normally if its a friend ill talk to them and explain i dont want them to do it even though a little over a week ago i cut myself for the first time. It was only a little cut and one of my friends have cuts all up and down her forearm from her wrist to her elbow. Its bad but i just dont want my friends hurting

I still cut, and have been doing it for years, but I don't bother to cover it up these days, like I used to. There's not much point, people aren't as observant as you'd think, and I don't expose my arm the underside of my arm that much. I'm sure people do realise it more, but I get a comment or question about it rarely, and im fine with that. Its personal, they shouldn't ask personal questions about it, like why, or stop it. But I'm perfectly fine with curiousity, like "does it hurt?". I get that's its showing a very personal part of me, but when people barely notice it, its hardly worth the effort to cover it up.
Though when I do get asked about it, its at quite inconvienient times and I don't want to explain all my feelings and whatnot in front of everyone. If they really want to know, they should ask when I can actually explain it

I stopped cutting about six years ago and yep still have the ugly scars. The only time anyone ever asked about it is if it's a new friend. I just tell them I used to be really depressed, they never seem to bother me about it. I honestly forget that I have them, or maybe I'm just so used to seeing the scars idk haha

I'm Too sensitive to pain to self harm.

I self harm accidentally by becoming sloppy whenever somebody upsets me.
Like,I start tripping on the stairs,bumping into objects,closing doors on my own fingers,mishandling knives,
chewing on ice,stick fingers in my own eye,placing my hands on extremely hot or cold surfaces without even realizing what I'm doing,I only realize later when I snap out of it and notice it actually hurts.This happens because whenever I feel enough pain,either emotional or physical,or both,I go semicathatonic.Or by becoming a prick and getting somebody to kick the shit out of me hoping to get one good chance to deliver a deadly blow.

My ex-boyfriend and I used to cut each other for sexual and erotic purposes and I simply didn't give a fuck what people thought. I just made up lies about the scars that everyone ate up.

yes I harmed myself so badly and it was in obvious places and the time I didn't really care about where I did it because I wasn't thinking at the time. I have around 30 scars and a couple of burns and the burns are obvious but I just make an excuse and say its from cooking or something. im ashamed of them I just don't want any judging me without knowing what I've been through.

Yes

I honestly try to hide them but if i'm in a situation where I can't I don't really freak.

They are never really deep, so I only conceal the fresh red cuts. Also, I usually cut in a more covered place for that reason.

well i cut up my arm one night the day before work after a fight with girlfriend, and went "FUCK" and since they were just scabbing over by work that morning and just covered it with an ace wrap, tho being one of the more odd people at work no one questioned the ace wrap on my arm for a few days but if anyone asked I said i hurt the muscle and was compressing it to help it feel better and no questions after that.

I believe there are better way to deal with the problems in life that do not involve harming your body.

I used to cut while I was a freshman in high school. I really didn't cover It and it was all good. Until I got the mental Heath dpt. called on me by a counsellor. Haha

I did that a long time ago. Like, almost 20 years ago. Can't see any scars now and I can't imagine cutting myself these days. I was a sad soul but things do get better, for most people anyway.

there in my head no one casn see them, lucky :)

Not exactly the same but ive got big pink stretch marks at the top of my inner arms and chest from working out too much but instead of covering up i wear them with pride, try not to care so much what other people think.