Should I continue to hide them?

I used to cut (8 months clean now) and I'm ashamed of my scars so I constantly wear long sleeves and avoid shorts that are too short. Some days I feel like it's unnecessary and want to stop caring about them, but I cant. Should I continue to hide them or should I try to stop caring about them? How do people view scars? Will I automatically be labelled as the "depressed girl"?

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madfarr1 · 31-35, F Best Comment

In my experience people are very judgmental when they see self harm scars, and may even play dumb and ask what they are. If you are not prepared for this, you may want to continue hiding them. I'm not saying you should be ashamed. I'm only saying that people can be very rude.