Any parents out there that has children that cut themselves?

Question

How did you find out and what was your reaction?

I'm just scared that if I tell my parents that I cut then they would hate me.

I just want to know what you did to help when they cut.

Thankyou.

Answer 1

Theres a girl in my class that cuts herself. On her Bebo, it says, 'I'll draw you a picture with a twist. The blade is my pen and my wrist is my paper'

Me and my 2 friends saw the marks, so we told our teacher, she said something, but she still does it.

You have to stop. You need to sit your parents down and say what you are doing. They won't hate you. They will help you.

Good luck x*x

Answer 2

i told my folks i did that - they were concerned not hateful and im sure that yours would be too .

Answer 3

Your parents won't hate you. Just explain to them that you need help. You might want to find some legitimate websites about cutting and print them off so they have information to mull over.

Answer 4

yes my step daughter did that for awhile. i was hurt, not because she did it but because she felt she could not talk to me about her fears and problems

we got her help and i am proud to say she is better now out on her own

please go talk to your parents

now

Answer 5

hi, ok im not a parent but i am a kidd who used to do that. and my mom saw my wrist one day and freakkkkkedd out, my brother used to do it also, my mom just brought us to counsling and talked to us and asked us why we did it. she also started paying more attenchen to us, i dont kno your reasons or your parents, but i am sure they would be really upset that you are doing that. and i am sure they care about you if your scared to tell them because if they didnt care you wouldnt be scared. but i would most deffently get help while you can.

Answer 6

you really need to stop i would hate for there to be a accident and you get killed your parents would be devastated

Answer 7

I used to cut myself. People sometimes don't understand why you do it. I did it for many reasons, sometimes I was punishing myself with the pain for something I was upset about, sometimes the pain just made me feel alive, and sometimes the I just wanted to prove to myself that I could take the pain. Whatever the reason is that you do it, it's unhealthy and the BEST thing that you can do IS to tell your parents! They will not hate you at all. Most likely they won't understand, so maybe before you tell them you should either write down or really think about why you do it so that you can make them understand. They may be upset and blame themselves, think they did something wrong. If that's not the case, make sure you reassure them of that. Something really small that you can do in the meantime, unitl you're ready to tell them, is to put a rubber band around your wrist and snap it (hard!!) when you feel like cutting. Something else that I did (and this is totally me, I'm not suggesting it) is get a tattoo of a cross on the inside of my wrist. The cross has alot of personal meaning to me, and if I thought about cutting myself, I would see the cross there and it would remind me all the reasons I have not to do it. You could write something on the inside of your wrist with a pen if you're comfortable with that, anything to remind you that it's not worth it! Sorry I'm kind of rambling now. Definitely tell your parents, and I think you'll really be surprised at how supportive they will be. They want you healthy and safe and will help you get through it. Good luck.