I guess my main concerns are that people will misunderstand (as ModusPwnd says, there's a stigma against self-harm and people who do it) and that it'll cause me a lot of annoyance; there have been a couple times people saw my scars, reported them, and I ended up being brought against my will to...
I feel pretty awkward asking this here, but I feel like this is where I would get the most accurate answers. I'm planning to do physics research in academia in the future, and, basically, I have permanent physical indicators that suggest I haven't always been emotionally stable. They're visible...