WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE "THE GESTURE" WHEN TALKING ABOUT SELF HARM?
So I've been wearing short sleeves at school and showing my scars for the first time. It's shit scary but hasn't been that bad? Most people don't say anything, get a lot of stares, whatever. But I've been getting a few comments recently, which is uncomfortable but I don't mind (it's kind of a given when you have scars) and every time someone talks to me about it, they mime cutting themselves.
Just ?? Makes me so uncomfortable?? Why do people have to do that. It's 100 times more awkward than saying "self harm." It also feels really invasive and pretty insensitive. Like, its already a v personal thing to being up, but the gesture takes it even further.
As a side note, I'm writing a creative writing piece for english and I really want to impress my teacher. I'm struggling to come up wirh a plot though. It centers around these roommates
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Dana, and Aria. Themes around pain, maybe? Aria suffers from chronic fibromyalgia. They got drunk and kissed in the recent past and are dealing with their feelings and changed relationship surrounding that. Dana, the protagonist, has had feelings for Aria for a long time. Aria on the other hand is lowkey homophobic so. Yikes. I want to experiment with language and structure and all that, but I cant do anything until I get a plot.
