What would you do if you found out your 13 yr old sister was cutting herself?

Question

i already told my mom but i feel like shes not taking it seriously enough. i tried talking to my sister but she just shuts off and pretends that everything is fine. please help! i need advice.

Answer 1

Sweetie, you only have one choice if you are going to save her life.  SI (self-injury) is a big flag that htere are worse problems indie that she is not sharing.  In cutters, it's been known hat hey feel someitmes that they ar lettinghte bad things out of their system by cutting.  Regardles of wh yshe is cutting, she is cutting, and that is extremely dangerous.  Since your parents have seemed to have abdicated their parental authoirty in this case, it's now on you to hel p her.  she doesn't wantot tlak to you and has shut herself up into her own shell.   What you have to do now is going to hurt, and may get ugly, but if yuo love her like i can see here you do, you will bite down onthe bullet and take the measurs you need to save her.  You must (as soonn as you can) call social services, and rpeort her.  if she is cutting NOW, on the weekend (as in 'after-hours'), you can call a crisisline to get help and direction.  Right now i am telling you that hse most likely will need to go INside as we called the adolescent unit of the -p[sych hospital i was in for a while).  The ycan work with her in an environment free from sdistractions, and help[ her getthrough whateer itis that is causing this behavior.  you must act now, or face th  very real possibilityt hat she will cut once too often and/or once too deep to heal.  get outhe phone book and start dialing.  you can be a hero and save a life, andthat feels pretty good too

Answer 2

basically all you can do is be there for her. i know alot of people that cut. and wenever we try to talk to them. they turn us away and dont want to talk about it. the best thing u can do atm is juts keep an eye on her and make sure they are not getting to deep. and if she does start cutting really deep then get her more help. but most people dont want to talk about it. just be like i am hear for you if u want to talk but thats all u can really do atm. also do u have any other family that u can trust aand that she might trust that u can talk to because maybe she will listen to some one else. sorry i cant help any more but thats all you can really do atm. gud luck. and if u need any more help you can email me on s**y.babe_123. best of luck.

Answer 3

just be there for her, tell her ur there if she needs to talk and if she does, actually listen

Answer 4

I use 2 be cutter once and yes its hard 2 take in but you gotta keep going yes its scary cuz you dont want her 2 die or bleed 2 death i know i know ... my friends did the same thing hmm.. honestly u cant make her stop im srry but you cant shes gunna have 2 heal on her on cuz the harder you try the more shes gunna wanna cutt and plus all ur doing is presuring her 2 do it more look i know how it is its scary but like i said shes gotta let it go but still as a sister just talk 2 her and tell her you love her im serious shes probably doing this bcuz she dont feel that any1 loves her trust me i know! thats half the reason i cutted and the other half was skewl and rumers is any of this going on maybe its just overwelming her 2 much i got rely overwelmed wen everything came up in my life i couldnt take it alll inn so i just kept it all bottled up and then wen i would go 2 cutt myself i would take it out on myself and i would cry during every minute of it and ur mom just probably thinks she going thro a d**n stage ya i know every1 thought it was a stage 4 me well it wasnt and hey just wait and hope cuz i mean i use 2 be like that now im not cuz of my bf and  my good guy friend they both helped me thro all my **** and drama dont worrie okay its gunna be okay the best u can do 4 her is 2 just let her heal by herself im telling u the more harder u try the harder its gunna be on her !!!

Answer 5

Tell her you love her, and care about her deeply. Tell her the risks of cutting yourself, you seriously injure yourself, and you can bleed to death. Ask her if she won't do it for herself, then please do it for you. You don't want to lose her.