My friend has been cutting herself since 7th grade and it has - Help.com

she does need more help.
Im a former cutter.

If u can get her on this site that would be great.
She needs to be told the scars are permanant.
Cutting is an addiction, it gets worse like any addiction it needs to be addressed as so as pos.

There are many people who cut on here, and I am there for them daily.
She is crying out for help, in her own silent way.
When she cuts she is getting a chemical relased in her body that makes her feel better. This is a natural responce the body has when it is hurt, it is a survival thing.

She needs to want to stop. before u can make her.
She needs to get rid of her cutting tools and find another outlet for her sadness like poetry, painting, exercise, dancing etc..
Do try to show her help.com and make a post.

She wont want to tell any adults. But if she can that would help heaps. She may need to go on medication for depression or counciling.
You are a good friend. She is luck to have u.
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how old is she now? if she can get help i would advise you to get her some cutting is very hard to stuff. take it from a former cutter.

these guys are right..i used to cut too, i got told that it wouldnt make the problem go away, just made a new one, i dont NEED to do it, but i can understand it…the worst thing i got told was that they were my arms, and i could cut them if i wanted to. it kinda made it feel like it was an ok thing to do, which tbh it isnt. i stopped, i started painting instead, and making things out of fabric. gave me something to do. and i promised someone id stop. and i didnt want to let them down, so i stopped. and they are really proud of me, and that makes me really happy.

I used to cut, too. All the time. I cut my ankle so nobody would see.Your friend is lucky though, to have someone like you. My friends never asked me to stop, but rather started doing it themselves and were only there to literally patch the wounds when I cut too deep. They are real friends, but they never told me what I needed to hear, such as the fact that 1,) It’s okay to be upset, and 2.) It’s not okay to blame yourself. No matter what happens, your friend needs to know that it’s not their fault, or atleast that nothing will be made better in the way they are trying to vent. When I cut, I always told myself that I’d stop when somebody asked me to, because thats how I knew someone really cared. But no one ever asked me to, but rather just watched. Then, when my mom found out, she cried and begged me to stop. So I did. I promised her I wouldn’t do it again and thus far haven’t. All that it took for me was to know someone really cared. And I think you should let your friend know how bad this hurts you, and that she not only hurting herself. And if that doesn’t work, then do as the others have said and show your friend this site. She will always have someone to talk to here.
Good luck. You really seem to be a great friend.

ok my friend is a cutter I really dont know what to do to help her……..she is in love with her ex boyfriend and he wouldnt talk to her so she took a pencil and carved his name into her ankle and it was kinda deep but not really……… she has told only one adult about her cutting and that is our school nurse and she is really helping I am encoarging her to stop…….she is worried that if she tells her mom that her mom will take her to a mental hospital because thats what her mom did to her brother when he was a cutter….. she is also worried that I will quit being her friend cause she think that I might think that she is crazy…she is trying to stop now because she knows that she needs to stop before it gets real bad and I am proud of her for admitting that she needs help….. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME ADVICE I WANT TO KNOW HOW I CAN HELP HER MORE!!!!!!!

tell someone. i wish someone had for me it would have saved me a lot of long lasting consequences i have to deal with everyday because it got so bad.i dont cut anymore but the addiction never truely goes away. be the strong friend she needs even if it means risking your friendship you may just be saving her life by telling someone. it reached a point for me where i wanted to die you can save her from that pain just get the courage to tell someone. trust me its the right thing to do even if it feels like your betraying her.