Self-harm comes in many shapes and sizes. As with any mental illness diagnosis, there is not a black and white solution. I will not hide the fact that I have struggled with self-harm as my addiction, my vice, for the past 15 years.
However, I don’t openly share this with anyone I meet and unless you know me and my past, you wouldn’t know that I relapsed and was struggling.
The situation is that while at work, somebody saw a scar and reported that I was not fit for work to a supervisor. Essentially, the concern was I had self-harm scars and that I was actively hurting myself.
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