https://www.pinterest.com/pin/456130268481973428/
And the comments on it were something to this effect
https://whisper.sh/whisper/051a45afb68190592400953e3dee3441d00303/I-have-scars-and-I-hate-hearing-your-scars-are-beautiful-Stop-romant
As someone who has self-harmed before the second post in reference to the third really bothers me. Why you ask? Because YES I am a tiger who earned its stripes. I fought for years with self-harm and was finally able to overcome it. I know what kind of a battle that is from a very personal standpoint and when someone tries to tell me that my scars are ugly? I know this person is only saying that we shouldn't glorify self-harm, we shouldn't make it something poetic. And I agree with that. But what I don't agree with is belittling someone's battle scars. I can't tell you in words how hard it is to get over self-harm. It takes so much strength and determination. So if you self-harm, do not glorify it. Do not romanticise it and make it seem poetic and like it's a good thing to do. But if you've been through the battle and you've come out on that other side, don't let anyone tell you that you're not still beautiful because you fought hard to get through those scars. And that's the point I think that people are missing when they comment on pictures like the first one. Their missing that someone out there is saying I came, I saw, and I conquered, that someone is saying my battle scars make me beautiful because I went through something horrible and came out the other side of it. So remember when commenting on things like that that there is a person out there, somewhere, who has fought that battle and only wants to remind themselves that despite how bad they may be, they are scars, not wounds. The blood has dried, the pain has healed, and they just want to move on with the assurance that they are still worth something.
If you or someone you know self-harms speak up. Or call
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