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My friend of 7 (almost 8) years has been cutting themselves.
They are relatively close to me now I’m not sure what to do anymore. They’ve been cutting for half a year now but stopped for sometime in the middle, about 2 months. They originaly started cutting because their grandparents were all dieing and they knew they were adopted. Their adopted parents were also fighting and they don’t live in a very good neighborhood. I kept telling them that they shouldn’t hurt themself for what other people do because it’s not their fault. They stopped for some time because I finally convinced them that it wasn’t worth it and showed them people who posted about how they were ex-cutters, to try to show them that they weren’t alone. But, They started again because they were resently broken-up with, after a year of dating. I feel like I said all I could. I told them that they really were important to me and to others and that its worth living and that all we can do with life is move on. Yet all they tell me is that they have no family and that I don’t know them or what they are going through. They don’t want to tell an adult so I feel the need to respect their privacy and keep this secret. I don’t know what to say anymore, because they are starving themself too. Yet the worst part is I am only able to talk to them online since we no longer go to the same school, and we don’t live close to each other so I can’t see them that often. I felt the need not to even tell what gender they are. They aren’t faking and I know it. They talk about wanting to kill themself. It really scares me because I don’t want them to die or hurt themself.
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