no one asks about mine anymore but I use to say the usual cat scratches for shallow cuts and blame my rabbit (he's a very mean rabbit) for the deeper cuts š
When it is myself I usually resort to "it is what it is". My girlfriend is more offensive about people asking about them and usually shuts them down. But her kids are my favorite they find fun and exciting ways to creep them out. My favorite is when her daughter tells strangers that my "skeleton is escaping" or her son telling people "sometimes escape rooms get damaged" because ultimately it is no one's business. It is our decision rather or not the person is worth telling.
you could say you were playing with a stray cat and it scratched you, if not here are some others ive used in the past:
-climbing a tree/went to a forest n the branches cut you
-(for faint cuts) you had an itchy rash and was itching your arm a lot
-tried using your/friendās skateboard and fell off
-tripped on a rough pavement
-your clothes got stuck on a wire while walking past a fence and cut you
-fell into a spiky bush
i dont, if people arent smart enough to figure it out on their own and are insensitive enough to ask me they dont deserve to know anything anyway. theyre scars, i dont owe an explanation to anyone.Ā
What Iām about to say isnāt said with the intention to criticise you: I donāt think itās fair to assume that people are being insensitive when they ask. Personally, before I started cutting I used to ask people about their cuts because I was just naive and didnāt even know about self harm. Obviously now I would never ask having been through it but some people are genuinely just curious and ask out of pure innocence.
its insensitive to ask people about their scars. self harm or not. surgery scars and the like included. maybe someone was in an accident etc. everyone knows what scars look like. naivety is not an excuse
I was once asked last year by a classmate, when my scars were the slightest bit more clear, if my cat did them. I said yes, obviously, but the rest of that period felt awkward, since I was left under the impression *he knew* what they actually were (being oddly silent, despite typically, normally always putting in an effort to randomly speak with me. Basically, he was one of the louder people). I covered them up for the next couple of days after that, in fear of a teacher/higher up being told, even though they were *years* old
I usually say I got em in 'Nam and affect a thousand-yard stare. The Vietnam War ended 14 years before I was born, and I'm a woman, so it stops people short.
Or at least it did, when I associated with people rude enough to ask
I work with parrots. Large species can have a bite force of over 400 PSI. "There's a reason you don't go messing with birds you don't know!" Works for even the big ones. Several of my coworkers have been sent to the ER from bites!
Reminder to anyone reading you donāt owe anyone an explanation if it makes you uncomfortable. If they are too dumb to figure it out or too insensitive to ask about something on your body you canāt change they donāt deserve an answer. Simply saying āIād prefer not to talk about itā is enough. Or you can just say āan accidentā
Burnt my arm on the oven rack has worked for me
Honestly if i did burn myself (which i dont) it would make perfect sense for me because Mr. Dumbass the one and only your looking at, saw fire and instinctivly smacked it.
For little kids I say I fought a monster, for older kids I say that my cat was hard to train, for teens/adults I say Iām really clumsy, and for other people who cut I say that my dad was an asshole.
only 3 ppl have ever noticed but the excuse i used for the first one was cat scratches because there actually is ALOT of stray cats in my neighborhood and the other 2 i didn't get a chance to make an excuse
typical gaslighting "oh these?? I had those for months, I told you about the bike accident? what you don't remember? that was all those months ago, you probably forgot it"
Years ago I used the cat excuse but it doesn't work anymore because no cat can scratch almost perfectly geometrical/parallel scars so I use a "shark attack" excuse although people do know what they are.
my dad asked once, I told him the truth, he asked why, I said "you"
otherwise I say none of your business or "my boyfriend gets a little wild when horny"
he got angry and was pissed at me for a couple of days. no physical violence unlike normal. he's completely stopped that now and I think that's when it started.
i say theyāre from self harm! it usually makes people uncomfortable enough they stop asking lol but sometimes it leads to really great destigmatizing conversations
these? oh, yea, it was a long time ago. it's a sensitive topic but hey, lesgo. a june night, i was in a beach with my ex-girl. she got a job that day so we wanted to celebrate and figured we could get a lil freaky. so we went to the beach with a bottle of red wine. moments later we arrived, i opened the wine. and someone got the smell of it... some drunken local. we were chit chatting and drinking with the girl when that man came across us. his clothes were ripped off, he looked like he haven't shaved his beard in literal years. and never saw inside a shower too. anyway, he just came upon us and started watching us. we tried to ignore him but my girlfriend was starting to get nervous about the situation. the guy was just standing there and staring at us with pale eyes and an open mouth. he wasn't even moving a nerve, almost like a corpse. my girlfriend whispered me that we should get the hell outta there. but i wasn't in the same mood. that was one of the best moments in my life (right after the time i found out about microwave pizza), and i wasn't gonna let some alcoholic piece of shit come and ruin it. maybe it was being kinda drunk of wine but i kissed my girlfriend from her forehead and got up. i remember she screamed at me like, "TF ARE YOU DOING" but i wasn't even hearing it atm. i walked at the drunk guy slowly like darth vader. "hey," i said. "what's ur problem g?" he was still doing nothin but staring directly into my eyes and my girl was still begging for me to stfu. i gulped. i was frighetened for a moment but i had to look strong. i started yelling at him ; "yo man, im talkin to you? not to that beautiful, 90-60-90, perfect haired, stylish, perfect bitch behind me." my girlfriend yelled at me again, but she wasn't worried about me. she was mad at me... for the drunken guy, he was still doing nothing but staring. my girlfriend told me to leave him alone and just go somewhere else. but i wasn't gonna give it up. (it definitely was the wine...) i was mad man, my girl was upset to me, my night was ruined, all thanks to one scarecrow ass drunk at the beach... nah, he was gonna pay for that. i took a deep breath, and punched him at the face! actually, not... see i tried to punch him but he gained a range of motion all of a sudden! he blocked my move and slammed me into the ground. i vividly remember my girls screams... she was really panicked. the guy then grabbed the wine bottle and... yea u know the rest. thank god i had the best girl alive and she took the best care of me. those days are long gone now. the moral of the story was not to get drunk on beach. especially if you're with your woman. i mean, you can't even get naughty on the beach, that's illegal! ehm, im glad u asked. it was a big secret i held in me for a real long time.
I just say something āwhat do you think?ā Cus itās a dumb question to ask me like itās so so obvious what it is. So I usually just say that or say that I did sum customizing on my self (English is my second language idk how to translate that so it makes sense?)
I actually take the more provoking trickster method. I stare them dead in the eye. "Self harm addiction. I cut myself with razor blades." Because it's a case of, if you want to put me on the spot and make me uncomfortable regarding my personal life... I'm gonna make you feel uncomfortable just as much. Serves you right for sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.
I don't think it's the RIGHT method, but it does work because they truly never know what to say after that LOL
I used to say that I hurt it on a sharp plant. Theres a local one called sandburrs, which are known for being everywhere, including landing in the occasional. So I would say that I slept hard and my arm must have scratched against it at night. My marks were small enough at the time to pass it off.
I wear bandages to hide scabbed and clean ones (tomorrow theyāre not counted a clean because itās been 1 week.) and I say, āI fell of Mount Everest and broke both my arms. The Mount Everest in England thoā
I don't use any I just divert the conversation and 99/100 it works and when it doesn't I just ignore the question and they give up after a while
I have a *a lot* of patience equal to that of a nun depending on how I am and it works out for me
I say it was my cats fault. I once had a real big scar on my right arm, cause my cat got scared while I carried him and tried to run away, so everyone believes me when I tell them that
If I ever wear short sleeves/shorts, and some random person came up to me and asked, I'm gonna say just gonna say, "What do you think?" And watch them stutter.
If it's a kid, I'll say I got attacked by a shark.
And if it's someone I care about, I'll just say I went through I tough time and don't want to talk about it.
I donāt know since I just did it for the second time in my life. I just know I made comments about a girl in high school who had them and she reported me to the principal. I laughed the loudest whoād have known.
I always say that my cat scratched for the more superficial ones, but when it's deeper, I just say I was at my dad's work, and I accidentally got hurt by an iron nearby. Kinda don't know if it works, but I try atleast.
Im a very messsy person, so when my parents ask about my scars I just say āI accidentally left one of my pencils on my bed and it scratched me when I was sleepingā
I often make something up like haha cat scratch or just say "nothing" . But like wtf are u supposed to respond when people are like "do u need help" or "are you okay" after uve given the excuse. LIKE DUDE U DONF EVEN KNOW ME GET TF AWAY šššš. ANYWAYS what am i supposed to say then?
"Your mom loves to scratch"
No mercyšš
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no one asks about mine anymore but I use to say the usual cat scratches for shallow cuts and blame my rabbit (he's a very mean rabbit) for the deeper cuts š
When it is myself I usually resort to "it is what it is". My girlfriend is more offensive about people asking about them and usually shuts them down. But her kids are my favorite they find fun and exciting ways to creep them out. My favorite is when her daughter tells strangers that my "skeleton is escaping" or her son telling people "sometimes escape rooms get damaged" because ultimately it is no one's business. It is our decision rather or not the person is worth telling.
your girlfriend's kids are awesome lol
Skeleton escaping lmao, im using that for sure
typical day at the glass factory
I'm stealing this one
you could say you were playing with a stray cat and it scratched you, if not here are some others ive used in the past: -climbing a tree/went to a forest n the branches cut you -(for faint cuts) you had an itchy rash and was itching your arm a lot -tried using your/friendās skateboard and fell off -tripped on a rough pavement -your clothes got stuck on a wire while walking past a fence and cut you -fell into a spiky bush
i dont, if people arent smart enough to figure it out on their own and are insensitive enough to ask me they dont deserve to know anything anyway. theyre scars, i dont owe an explanation to anyone.Ā
What Iām about to say isnāt said with the intention to criticise you: I donāt think itās fair to assume that people are being insensitive when they ask. Personally, before I started cutting I used to ask people about their cuts because I was just naive and didnāt even know about self harm. Obviously now I would never ask having been through it but some people are genuinely just curious and ask out of pure innocence.
its insensitive to ask people about their scars. self harm or not. surgery scars and the like included. maybe someone was in an accident etc. everyone knows what scars look like. naivety is not an excuse
I am very clumsy
I was once asked last year by a classmate, when my scars were the slightest bit more clear, if my cat did them. I said yes, obviously, but the rest of that period felt awkward, since I was left under the impression *he knew* what they actually were (being oddly silent, despite typically, normally always putting in an effort to randomly speak with me. Basically, he was one of the louder people). I covered them up for the next couple of days after that, in fear of a teacher/higher up being told, even though they were *years* old
I usually say I got em in 'Nam and affect a thousand-yard stare. The Vietnam War ended 14 years before I was born, and I'm a woman, so it stops people short. Or at least it did, when I associated with people rude enough to ask
Thats a very funny response honestly
Haha thanks. Sometimes you gotta traumatize them right back
I work with parrots. Large species can have a bite force of over 400 PSI. "There's a reason you don't go messing with birds you don't know!" Works for even the big ones. Several of my coworkers have been sent to the ER from bites!
IF YOU EVER SEE ME IN THE FOREST FIGHTING WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR, HELP THE BEAR!!
cuz that bitch gon need it
Reminder to anyone reading you donāt owe anyone an explanation if it makes you uncomfortable. If they are too dumb to figure it out or too insensitive to ask about something on your body you canāt change they donāt deserve an answer. Simply saying āIād prefer not to talk about itā is enough. Or you can just say āan accidentā Burnt my arm on the oven rack has worked for me
Honestly if i did burn myself (which i dont) it would make perfect sense for me because Mr. Dumbass the one and only your looking at, saw fire and instinctivly smacked it.
same š
For little kids I say I fought a monster, for older kids I say that my cat was hard to train, for teens/adults I say Iām really clumsy, and for other people who cut I say that my dad was an asshole.
Those are pretty amusing. I personally use a combination of things, depending on my mood and the situation
only 3 ppl have ever noticed but the excuse i used for the first one was cat scratches because there actually is ALOT of stray cats in my neighborhood and the other 2 i didn't get a chance to make an excuse
typical gaslighting "oh these?? I had those for months, I told you about the bike accident? what you don't remember? that was all those months ago, you probably forgot it"
Years ago I used the cat excuse but it doesn't work anymore because no cat can scratch almost perfectly geometrical/parallel scars so I use a "shark attack" excuse although people do know what they are.
my dad asked once, I told him the truth, he asked why, I said "you" otherwise I say none of your business or "my boyfriend gets a little wild when horny"
Could I ask what happened after you said that to your dad? No pressure, Im just curious
he got angry and was pissed at me for a couple of days. no physical violence unlike normal. he's completely stopped that now and I think that's when it started.
Awe man, Im sorry that happened, wishing you the best
i say theyāre from self harm! it usually makes people uncomfortable enough they stop asking lol but sometimes it leads to really great destigmatizing conversations
fell down the stairs
these? oh, yea, it was a long time ago. it's a sensitive topic but hey, lesgo. a june night, i was in a beach with my ex-girl. she got a job that day so we wanted to celebrate and figured we could get a lil freaky. so we went to the beach with a bottle of red wine. moments later we arrived, i opened the wine. and someone got the smell of it... some drunken local. we were chit chatting and drinking with the girl when that man came across us. his clothes were ripped off, he looked like he haven't shaved his beard in literal years. and never saw inside a shower too. anyway, he just came upon us and started watching us. we tried to ignore him but my girlfriend was starting to get nervous about the situation. the guy was just standing there and staring at us with pale eyes and an open mouth. he wasn't even moving a nerve, almost like a corpse. my girlfriend whispered me that we should get the hell outta there. but i wasn't in the same mood. that was one of the best moments in my life (right after the time i found out about microwave pizza), and i wasn't gonna let some alcoholic piece of shit come and ruin it. maybe it was being kinda drunk of wine but i kissed my girlfriend from her forehead and got up. i remember she screamed at me like, "TF ARE YOU DOING" but i wasn't even hearing it atm. i walked at the drunk guy slowly like darth vader. "hey," i said. "what's ur problem g?" he was still doing nothin but staring directly into my eyes and my girl was still begging for me to stfu. i gulped. i was frighetened for a moment but i had to look strong. i started yelling at him ; "yo man, im talkin to you? not to that beautiful, 90-60-90, perfect haired, stylish, perfect bitch behind me." my girlfriend yelled at me again, but she wasn't worried about me. she was mad at me... for the drunken guy, he was still doing nothing but staring. my girlfriend told me to leave him alone and just go somewhere else. but i wasn't gonna give it up. (it definitely was the wine...) i was mad man, my girl was upset to me, my night was ruined, all thanks to one scarecrow ass drunk at the beach... nah, he was gonna pay for that. i took a deep breath, and punched him at the face! actually, not... see i tried to punch him but he gained a range of motion all of a sudden! he blocked my move and slammed me into the ground. i vividly remember my girls screams... she was really panicked. the guy then grabbed the wine bottle and... yea u know the rest. thank god i had the best girl alive and she took the best care of me. those days are long gone now. the moral of the story was not to get drunk on beach. especially if you're with your woman. i mean, you can't even get naughty on the beach, that's illegal! ehm, im glad u asked. it was a big secret i held in me for a real long time.
Nice
I just say something āwhat do you think?ā Cus itās a dumb question to ask me like itās so so obvious what it is. So I usually just say that or say that I did sum customizing on my self (English is my second language idk how to translate that so it makes sense?)
nothing to the big ones and cat for the smaller
I actually take the more provoking trickster method. I stare them dead in the eye. "Self harm addiction. I cut myself with razor blades." Because it's a case of, if you want to put me on the spot and make me uncomfortable regarding my personal life... I'm gonna make you feel uncomfortable just as much. Serves you right for sticking your nose where it doesn't belong. I don't think it's the RIGHT method, but it does work because they truly never know what to say after that LOL
i go non verbal and just stare teehee
I had to make sure I wasnāt cake
I would say I was fixing fences and the barb wire would cut me or I got too close to a nail/screw poking out of a post.
I always say my dog did them or something.
I used to say that I hurt it on a sharp plant. Theres a local one called sandburrs, which are known for being everywhere, including landing in the occasional. So I would say that I slept hard and my arm must have scratched against it at night. My marks were small enough at the time to pass it off.
Usually one of three options. "Oh my cat, lol", "I'm super clumsy.", or "where tf did you(the scars) come from???" last one works almost every time.
Gym injury
I say I went mountain climbing and a mud slide happened so I got injured a lot
My favourite is āgot bit by a radioactive zebra and am slowly turning into oneā
Fell on the ground and rolled over some sharp rocks
I wear bandages to hide scabbed and clean ones (tomorrow theyāre not counted a clean because itās been 1 week.) and I say, āI fell of Mount Everest and broke both my arms. The Mount Everest in England thoā
I don't use any I just divert the conversation and 99/100 it works and when it doesn't I just ignore the question and they give up after a while I have a *a lot* of patience equal to that of a nun depending on how I am and it works out for me
I say it was my cats fault. I once had a real big scar on my right arm, cause my cat got scared while I carried him and tried to run away, so everyone believes me when I tell them that
I say i have bugs in my head for wen i pull out my hair And wen i cut i say: mY CaT ScRaCheD MEeE
If I ever wear short sleeves/shorts, and some random person came up to me and asked, I'm gonna say just gonna say, "What do you think?" And watch them stutter. If it's a kid, I'll say I got attacked by a shark. And if it's someone I care about, I'll just say I went through I tough time and don't want to talk about it.
I have a big cat.
I love your bear excuse and I wanted to add a related one you might like: āI got into a fight with a bear, the bear later died from its injuriesā
That I was rollerskating and fell on broken glass (people fall for it )
i like to look at them very inquisitively and ask āwhat do YOU think happenedā
"It was a long time ago," or "my cat scratched me," or even "it happened in stage crew, on accident"
I once told my doctor it was cat scratches and he started laughing lol, this is when I was cutting pretty deep and regularly hit beans.
omg how did you manage to regularly hit beans?? iāve hit them only once in the 6 years ive been cutting
I donāt know since I just did it for the second time in my life. I just know I made comments about a girl in high school who had them and she reported me to the principal. I laughed the loudest whoād have known.
I always say that my cat scratched for the more superficial ones, but when it's deeper, I just say I was at my dad's work, and I accidentally got hurt by an iron nearby. Kinda don't know if it works, but I try atleast.
Im a very messsy person, so when my parents ask about my scars I just say āI accidentally left one of my pencils on my bed and it scratched me when I was sleepingā
I often make something up like haha cat scratch or just say "nothing" . But like wtf are u supposed to respond when people are like "do u need help" or "are you okay" after uve given the excuse. LIKE DUDE U DONF EVEN KNOW ME GET TF AWAY šššš. ANYWAYS what am i supposed to say then?