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This is a very personal and emotional post for me so please don’t be disrespectful.

When I was 16-18 I struggled with depression and self-harm due to verbal and psychological abuse I was receiving from a family member. At 18 I moved out , started seeing a therapist and started taking antidepressants.

I’m 22 now and I’m in a very good space mentally and emotionally. I have grown a lot as a person and I feel like I’m ready for a relationship. However, I’m very self conscious about my self-harm scar and I’m worried that guys will judge me by it before they even get to know me.
So my question is > is this scar a major turn off? Or would you be able to look past it?

Based off of my boyfriend’s family history, there’s a few people that do have depression and bipolar disorder. However, he’s never been diagnosed with it. I have recently been diagnosed with anxiety when I have no family history of mental illness. Anyway, he had to take certain medications for the headaches he got for not sleeping properly at night. He did his research about the medicine he was taking (which is an antidepressant) and he started to believe that he was in someway depressed. I told him that just because he’s taking an antidepressant doesn’t necessarily mean he has a mental health issue.

But while taking the medicine, he started to act different like being really obnoxious or sad out of nowhere. I tried to discuss it with him and he kept on saying that it was the medicine or his “depression” that made him act this way. Even if it is true (it’s not because he’s seen multiple doctors and they have all concluded he is okay), using a mental health issue as an excuse for behavior he’s conducting everyday is horrible. I never blame my anxiety for the way act even though that might be the driving force behind it. I’m not sure maybe I’m wrong. Tell me what you guys think.