As I was thinking today I started thinking about how people are shaped into the person they are from past events and future events to come. As all these events occur, we develop scars and memories from them. Scars can be good or bad depending on the even. For example, someone could have a scar from falling doing something they love. Even though this still is unfortunate, they were doing something they loved to do like snowboarding. A bad scar could from being beaten, a surgery, or a fall from a bad experience.
From our reading “Scars” by Jarvis Jay Masters it influenced me to think even more in depth about scars and their impact on our bodies. In his reading he talks about how people have been traumatized from their childhood and it made some people in to criminals. In the reading it talked about mostly everyone in the prison had been abused and were raised in foster homes. It’s very upsetting to hear these unfortunate childhood events. As well as people covering their scars with tattoos. They most likely covered their scars with tattoos because they were ashamed or didn’t want to see the scars to remind them of their horrible past events. Tattoos are supposed to be a memorable experience or something we just simply like so I think that’s why people use them to cover up scars.
I personally had surgery on my foot because I had to have a bunion surgery and I have a horrible scar left on my foot still and that was about 8 years ago. Also, a year ago I had my son where my body made me have a c-section which left a scar on me. My c-section scar isn’t the cutest, but I’ve grown to accept it because I love my son. The body is an amazing thing that we can never fully predict what will happen to us. I thought I was healthy and then I was in labor for over 24 hours, which led to a c-section. Labor was such a hard experience for me, but I think we forget after a while because in the end, it was all worth it. I do think c-sections should receive just as much credit as “normal” labor because I went through SO much that day. I was on oxygen and the doctor said I was going to lose the baby. This was all after 24 hours of labor. I literally received every kind of medicine to try to have my baby vaginal. Overall, Scars will always remind us where we came from and our significant events. I think in today’s society we need to be more open with one another and love every part of ourselves. Our bodies are controlled by our minds, which is why we get so upset when seeing our scars. I wish there was a way to look at our scars and be happy.
Works Cited
“Scars” Jarvis Jay Masters. “The Body Reader” Edited by Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut
Unruly Bodies 
In the chapter, most of the scars were caused by the abuse of family members–it’s such an interesting thing to compare that to the scar from a C section–where you break one body open to rescue another one. It also reminds you that the scar is a liminal site–it’s a closure but it’s also an opening–a more permeable barrier. For me, that’s a literal thing as well. I had to have 2 emergency C sections and they went in through the scar the second time–so that mark is not really a tattoo of either one of my kids, but both of them. I think one of the big questions of that chapter was “is a scar a sign of vulnerability or of endurance?” In the case of a C section scar, it is certainly both.
I agree that scars mean something different for everyone depending on how it happened such as becoming a mom. I can really relate to this post because when I became mom my body changed drastically. I have never returned back to being as thin as I was before and I also have several stretch marks from my pregnancy that you can see whenever summer approaches and the pool opens back up. I used try to find bottoms that would cover them up because I assumed that everyone else noticed them. It wasn’t until I reached a level of maturity that I accepted my stretch marks and recognized that they marked one of the best days of my life! Thanks for sharing
i get your blog.well done for talking about ..scares.as a child i was abused sexually .those scares are on me EVERY DAY.people never see the every day effects .i, am disabled have m,.e. long list health issues ,my story of abuse is in
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