I feel bad seeing my self harm scars, but I don't wanna hide them. When I had fresh wounds, about two weeks back, I just put ointment and short sleeves and went to the therapist.. and I openly showed even though there was a bit of blood. I didn't really wanna hide it. I'm tired of hiding that I go through BPD too. I just want everyone to know and wanna break the stigma. I asked my therapist, the lgbtq+ community has been accepted now, and if someone goes against it, they get a lot of hate, so why isn't there something with mental health illness too? Going through my handouts on distress tolerance/emotion regulation in DBT, I realized Marsha Linehan explains everything so beautifully and I was honestly impressed and blown away by how easy it is to read. I do not understand why they say people don't understand mental health, no one really has even tried to hear someone out properly or believe the person because they think it's invalid unless it's from a doctor.