ATOMICskittles
December 22nd, 2013, 02:32 AM
Okay guys, first off I do not self harm. Just to make that clear. :)
The real serious issue here is my friend, she is 13 and has a self-harming issue or even addiction you can say. My friend has some issues with like social anxiety and stuff. A year ago, she told me that she self-harms and it was for reasons, I immediately told her that I was there for her and she should always strive to never cut. However, over the past year, it has gotten much worse in my opinion. She does it more frequent and she has been telling me, finally four months ago I told her that she shouldn't, that there was no benefit from it, and it makes no sense to me. She said she would try not to, but now it has truly become an addiction and she is the addict. It gets really bad and I tell her to get professional help and she says no, I'll pull it together. She does for a couple weeks and then she starts again, it's like a cycle almost. I always tell her to get help because when I tell her how much she matters to me it doesn't work. She doesn't want to get help at all, she doesn't want her dad to know. Right know, I have no idea how to help her, so does anybody out there know any advice. Thank you so much to anybody that replies.
The real serious issue here is my friend, she is 13 and has a self-harming issue or even addiction you can say. My friend has some issues with like social anxiety and stuff. A year ago, she told me that she self-harms and it was for reasons, I immediately told her that I was there for her and she should always strive to never cut. However, over the past year, it has gotten much worse in my opinion. She does it more frequent and she has been telling me, finally four months ago I told her that she shouldn't, that there was no benefit from it, and it makes no sense to me. She said she would try not to, but now it has truly become an addiction and she is the addict. It gets really bad and I tell her to get professional help and she says no, I'll pull it together. She does for a couple weeks and then she starts again, it's like a cycle almost. I always tell her to get help because when I tell her how much she matters to me it doesn't work. She doesn't want to get help at all, she doesn't want her dad to know. Right know, I have no idea how to help her, so does anybody out there know any advice. Thank you so much to anybody that replies.