Share a scar:
I have some physical scars on my arm and my side. Those scars represent times when everything felt too much. Self harm is a way of showing the internal pain when it feels like nobody else is seeing it. I feel stupid at times for doing this to my own skin, but in the moment it seems like the only option.
anadancer 
I wish people could easily see the struggles we internalize, but then again idk if they could handle it.
Maybe not, and maybe sometimes they can see it but don’t know what to say
Ya I think you’re right. I told a best friend when I started therapy and she was in denial! I was thinking, I should be in denial and yet I had to admit I needed help. And then I think it was “too much for her to handle” even though I asked nothing…just knowing was apparently a burden–she dropped me. No word to this day.