Today I wore short sleeves for the first time since I started cutting, which was almost three weeks ago. I was really scared at first, but after, like, 5 minutes I figured that pretty much no one was going to be looking at my arms. I was still a little anxious, but I managed to avoid anyone noticing. As soon as I got back home, though, I changed into a long sleeve shirt. 

I've also moved to cutting on my legs instead of my arm so that I can wear short sleeves without being anxious. 

In some ways, I like cutting on my legs better because 1) cutting hurts more, 2) it's harder to cut deeper because my legs are thicker than my arm, and 3) the cuts keep hurting for a few days because I cut higher up on my thigh so the skin stretches and whenever I move my leg. Also, there's more room on my leg to cut.