As a child I had some serious mental health issues which unfortunately resulted in a very short episode of self harming which left me with some very noticeable and extreme scars on my arms. I’m completely fine now and it hasn’t happened in about 10 years, but obviously all of the stigma attached to it is still present sometimes in my life because people can clearly see what happened and without knowing the history and time period etc may just assume that I am mentally ill and still engage in these behaviours.

I guess I’m just wondering how I can approach this in a HVW way, especially with regards to dating new men. I usually wear long sleeves to work and on a first date but in general day to day life I very rarely cover them up (not on purpose anyway!).