How I Hide My Self-Injury

To me the best way to hide self-injury is to use a wristband. I get the thin ones from Hot Topic that are about 3.5 inches long and they are duable. As a bonus they are super cute and can be worn with anything so you don't have to ware long sleeves year round. - Pandora

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[female, age 14, began to SI at age 13, student]

Sun, 2010-07-25 16:55 — XxPandoraxX

Cats and Clothes

I have cats so i don't really have to hide it. My mom thinks i have stopped but pays more attention t my arms. I just cut the backs of my calves. Most people who know me know that i don't like to expose my legs too much so wearing pants on a hot day isn't considered strange.

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[female. age 14. began to SI at age 12, going into high school]

Mon, 2010-07-12 11:09 — Anonymous

Pretending

I always wear some of those gothy gloves that you see in the back corners of stores. Usually fishnets that i fold over near my wrist to make it more opaque. aong with my mainly back colored wardrobe, most people just think its a fashion statement. but if people ever ask me to take them off, i usually just hide them against myself or think up some lie about why they're there.

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[female, age 14, began to SI at age 13, high school student]

Thu, 2010-07-08 20:39 — OneStepForwardT...

How Do You Hide Your Self-Injury?

When the wounds are fresh, I try to cover them with my clothing, like using sweaters, long sleeves, jackets, etc; or maybe using accesories, like lots of bracelets                         

In that time, I avoid letting my arm in the side so they can see it, I turn completely, or even try to hide my arm in different things I do.          

I do the same thing when I do it in my legs.

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[female, age 18, began to SI near age 11]

Fri, 2010-05-07 02:08 — Nagizuma

Bracelets help hide.

I've mostly centralized my cuts to my left wrist, and not right in the center--off to the side a bit. I hide these with bracelets. I wear 4-5 bracelets on that hand every day; a wristband, friendship bracelets, hairties, beaded bracelets, etc. Nobody is any the wiser. Sometimes I'll accidentally leave my bracelets in gym--I have to take them off for class--and then I'll go to my next class, and I'll have to ask my teacher to let me run back down to the gym for them. I feel naked without them. Though I don't have any fresh cuts, and nobody in my classes know (one person in my school does, but still), I feel uncomfortable without hiding them.

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[female, age 16, began to SI at age 16, high school student]

Mon, 2010-05-03 17:13 — Anonymous

I sometimes struggle to hide my scars, how do you?

I am 15 years old, I started self harming the day before my 10th Birthday, I know people say it's silly, but trust me; I have my reasons.

 

I have certain scars which are quite hard to hide, I am normally careful about where I cut, simply for this reason. I cut on the tops of my thighs, my hips, my belly, my back, places people aren't really going to look.

 

About a week ago, I completely went mad, I starting cutting myself, and couldn't stop. My wrists, my neck, all up my arm, even my face. I obviously can't hide these, I just need to know if anyone knows anything I can tell people so they don't worry, or how I can make them look slightly better?

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[female, age 15, began SI at age 9, high school student]

Fri, 2010-04-30 12:02 — Anonymous

[female, age 20, began to SI at 13, art student]

 

 

Mostly I try to cut in areas nobody else sees, my chest, stomach and inner thigh area. However sometimes I enjoy seeing the marks on my arm, in which case i wear long sleeves or bracelets or blame it on playing with the dog. Being a sculpture student, you can get away with having visible injuries from knives, and tools etc, so most people don't find it too strange if they see marks on me.

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[female, age 20, began to SI at 13, art student]

Fri, 2010-04-30 07:37 — Anonymous

[female, age 29, can't remember when she began to SI]

Keep my hands in my lap. If I've done a particular "number" on them (as my family puts it) I'll cover my fingers with band-aids, but that doesn't usually last long, but I just end up picking them apart.

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[female, age 29, can't remember when she began to SI]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 23, began to SI in 6th grade (that she can remember)]

Yes, generally. I mean, I don't wear long sleeves, but I hold my arm against myself and when someone asks about a scar I just blow them off, or make up some quick excuse.

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[female, age 23, began to SI in 6th grade (that she can remember)]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle

[female, age 16, began to SI at age 15]

As much as possible i try to wear long sleeves, but i live in a hot climate (Australia) and in the summer months i'd draw more attention to myself by covering up than i would by exposing myself. So as a result, i still wear shorts and bathers and short sleeves but i normally keep my arms folded (which covers most of my arm scars) and am just generally careful about my actions and who will see them.

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[female, age 16, began to SI at age 15]

Fri, 2009-04-03 23:34 — Gabrielle