thank you, i'm just really worried, I am on placement at the moment but with no uniform or anything but for a few hours one morning I took off my cardi because I was so uncomfortably hot and had a pretty bad experience with my mentor noticing (and being in an office full of psychiatrists and social workers you would think they would have got it) she basically told me that I must keep them covered at all times for the sake of the patients and other colleagues. (im with the Learning dissibility team btw)
This threw me because although I am usually careful to cover up for certain things I haven't ever covered them up 100% of the time and usually do whatever is most comfortable for me. But I haven't ever felt so bad about it in my life.
Now as you can imagine I am pretty reluctant to let anyone see then especially since a few of them are reasonably new (although healed) and have that horrible thick purple tinge to them that really stands out.
Oh help what am i going to do
Oh and to answer Reeta, I have been to occupational health meetings but pretty much just told them that I was okay, and not in therapy or anything (I wasn't at the time but am now) I was scared they wouldn't let me study...