The scarred body: A personal reflection of self-injury scars

Self-injury is deemed a pathology and deviant practice that not socially sanctioned culturally accepted as soothing healing the self. The marked female body also pathologized perceived deviant; hence, having self-inflicted scars may easily lead to social stigma, shame, need hide scars. In this personal reflection I explore how can have same meaning self-injury control self act self-expression, be resistance cultural idea of femininity. draw upon my own experiences these become intertwined with identity. carved or burnt in different situations from moods past, but they are all me at present will future. Without scars, am person others see myself as. sometimes feel would nothing without