Need help with helping my friend and her cutting herself

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My friend cuts herself and she wont's to stop. She's not happy with herself because she does it. How can I help her and git her to stop cuting. I care for her and won't her to be happy. Plz help. I don't know where to put this so mods plz move if you have to.

[Noirtier]

Let me say, as someone who has struggled with self harm in the past, that the best and about the only thing you can do for her is to be there for her. I know that's hard to accept, but you can't force her to stop. I want you to keep in mind that self harm does become an addiction after a while, and can be incredibly difficult to stop just as any addiction can. It has urges that come about just like any other addiction when one is trying to stop. On your part, the best thing you can do for her is to be there for her, comfort her, talk to her, encourage her, be a friend to her. Encourage her to try seeing a therapist or a counselor at school to help her through what she's going through. If things get out of control, and it gets serious enough to the point where you feel she is a danger to herself and might kill herself, or needs serious medical attention, then it is your responsibility in that situation to tell an adult who can help get her the help she needs. Aside from that situation though, you just have to be a friend to her and make sure she knows you care about her. Because sometimes, that's all you can do.

[StoppingTime]

Drugs and Meds :arrow: Cutting and Self Harm. You'll find more pertinent responses here.

[Korab]

Tell her parents maybe they know more about that!

[tubanic]

She is going through a tough time, be there for her. Don't hide the fact that you care about her, reassure her that you want to do all you can to help. Encourage her to seek professional help, and listen if she ever wants to talk.
She's very lucky to have a friend like you who wants to help and cares about her. Many cutters don't.
Good on you mate, and don't be discouraged if getting her better is difficult, the rewards will be massive :)

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Thanks for your help

[xarvon1412]

Listen to her, don't talk but listen. Let her tell you everything, all that you can do right now is be there for her and make sure that she knows that. After you're done listening, and you've heard everything that she has to say then you can talk. In my experience, I've always wanted somebody to just listen to me. She may not be the same as me, but that's what I've always wanted people to do. Just let them know that you're there, and that you care. After you've done that try to get her to forget her worries. Focus on one point at a time and just make it disappear. Make it so that it never happened, as if it was completely gone. Do that until all of her problems have vanished. What others are saying about it being addicting aren't wrong, so get her to gradually stop. Slowly get her off of it, don't just try to rip the razor away, it might just make it worse. This is just my opinion though, I really hope you figure it out one way or another.