Hello my Tiny Buddhas! Thanks for giving this a read as this isn’t the easiest topic for me to write about and really appreciate the love and encouragement of this forum, I hope I can bounce a few ideas and learn something from each of you.

Well as the title said about a year ago I had an attempted suicide attempt where I had several deep scars left behind in my leg. It’s pretty obvious and over the summer I had a few questions here and there from strangers, kids and what not and don’t really know HOW to go about addressing it, do I lie? tell the truth? and overall how can I come to accept that I did this to myself? I love who I have become, sought professional help, searched deeply and have greatly improved how I live my life and what makes me happy. Emotionally I am far beyond where I have imagined myself to be at this point and compared to where I was.

All that aside, I’m struggling with the physical acceptance of my scarring and still find it hard to look at. What makes me most nervous is I will be moving to Hawaii soon and it will become an actual reality I need to face daily and I’m not prepared for it. I will be living with others and know the topic will come up. I guess my fears are more with how they will react and what their thoughts of me will be when I’m exposed (literally and figuratively). I’m not crazy and don’t want to put out the vibe that I am nor do I really want to bring attention to it. I still feel a little sheepish and shy still but don’t necessarily want to keep hiding and being scared.

Any advice, love or input is really appreciated, I want to go back to living my life both emotionally, spiritually and physically on the same page.

Thank you!