Worried about my sister.

[ImSoMeh]

Hey I'm new to the site and I was hoping you guys could help me.

My sister has counselling and self harms and thinks shes ugly (shes not). And I don't know what to do to help her. She thinks she is ugly which makes her not want to leave the house. She cuts the tops of her forearms when shes upset. I DONT KNOW HOW TO HELP HER. I tell her shes pretty but she doesn't listen. I just want her to be happy again.

Please help.

[Contra]

First of all, welcome to VT.

Well, that is a difficult problem. I have two suggestions that I don't know if they will work, but you can try.
One of them is entertaining your sister, doing some activities with her, playing video games, something to keep her distracted and to keep her mind of cutting. Afterwards, when she is a bit more light-headed, you can talk to her about that stuff and try to convince her she is good-looking so she'll come out of that state.
The other is playing her own game, say to her that you think you're ugly too and won't leave the house either. Perhaps you can convince her to go out with you.
Maybe these suggestions are a bit crappy, but hey, better than nothing, right?

Good luck :)

[love is louder]

The other is playing her own game, say to her that you think you're ugly too and won't leave the house either. Perhaps you can convince her to go out with you.
i quite like this idea but i think it could go very wrong. it depends on what kind of person your sister is.
Speaking as a cutter myself a lot of the reasons why people cut are a lot deeper than just thinking there ugly its good that she is goingto councilling as for me that really helps.
the main thing is to support her and let her know your there for her. and as John said keep her mind off it. plan to take her to the pictures or something so its gets her out but then your going into a dark room where noones really going to look at her. start o slow and hopefully when you move it up she doesnt even notice.

[Rayquaza]

I think you need to comfort her a lot and hug her and make sure she is alright the whole day. She must feel insecure and you and your family need to help her through her times of need