scars

My self-harm scars are part of my history and who I am. Body neutrality helped me rethink my relationship to this part of my past.

When I was very little, I developed really severe atopic eczema. My parents and doctors had the worst time getting it under control, but eventually they managed to find the right set of lifestyle changes and medications to take care of the problem. I didn’t really have a lot of issues (as long as I…