Is it wrong of me to wanna keep my scars?
My parents said they're not letting me go back to school next semester unless I get my scars lasered off. I really don't wanna because it'll be embarrassing for the people who will remove them and they're a part of my body now. My parents think that wanting to keep them is sick behavior and if I truly wished to "recover" I'd have to remove them. I know they don't have my best intentions at heart, though. They're just ashamed of me and don't want anyone to know about what I do as a result of their mistreatment. I have no bodily autonomy whatsoever and self harm (along with the scars) is the only way I get to feel in control of myself. Not to be melodramatic but I feel like they're trying to erase a part of me and cover shit up so that their actions don't come back to bite them. They only talked about getting my scars removed after a whole ordeal with CPS threatening to get involved. I won't go into detail regarding that but is it wrong to feel attached to my scars? Should I be allowed to keep them?