I turned my back, stood up and took off my shirt, showing my back full of scars and wounds, the back is the worst part and I didn't want to show it, I was afraid of her reaction, I was afraid that my totally ruined back would disgust her to the point of leaving me.

And I, at first, didn't want to do it, but the therapist I go to to try to put my life and my psyche back together, advised me to show her, my world made person, my girlfriend.

And that's how I found myself, in the bathroom, with my back naked and exposed, shaking and with tears in my eyes, waiting and fearing my girlfriend's reaction.