suicide help: I think my friend is emo… Usually she just trys to get attention because she has her own problems at home. - Help.com

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just because someone cuts doesnt make them “emo”.it means theyre in pain.have you tried talking to her about it?

the best course of action is no course of action. ignore the hell out of her.

it doesn’t sound like shes faking it, it sounds like she seriously needs help. the best thing u can do is to be there for her, support her, let her know shes not alone, and tell her the truth. :) hope ur friend is ok!

its very easy to fall into the habit.trust me.i think you should try to sit her down and talk to her about it.let her know how addictive it is.she doesnt wanna go down that path.

yes, make sure she knows what shes getting herself into, including the things they don’t tell u about cutting: the secretivness, regret, despair, obsession/addiction, lying, frustration, pain, permanent damage,…..I could go on all night.

yea.theres alot of shame attached to it.

basically this never ending vicious cycle, where its never enough, u need to do it more and more and more, and ruins ur life

both physical and mental.. and yes, the shame, the guilt is just unbearable, if anyone knows u cut, u wouldn’t be able to look them in the face

thats so true.the more you do it the more you need it.people dont realize how addictive it is.it sucks to look at my arm and see what ive done to myself but still need to do it again.

if u don’t support her, or at least sound concerned, she will shut u out, the worst thing u can do is to play down the serious aspects of cutting, or tell her shs just doing for attention. trust me, this is from my experience with my best friend also, except the situation was reversed

wat do u mean, in a sense?

SpazzySpizzy wrote:
thats so true.the more you do it the more you need it.people dont realize how addictive it is.it sucks to look at my arm and see what ive done to myself but still need to do it again.

same. that’s exactly how I feel

whatever you do,do not call her emo.maybe its just me but whenever someone refers to cutters as emo it ticks me off.no offense to you hon.

duct tape? o.O srry u lost me…

lol by showing concern I mean genuinely caring about whether she cuts or not, helping her stop/not start and caring bout how shes feeling…which u already are :)

duct tape?seriously?that would offend her.at least it would offend me.

i agree with falling.you just need to let her know how much you care.

I’m not offended, I am emo to an extent lol

you didnt offend me.you just didnt know.thats okay.i will give you any info you need.