my best friend seems to cut herself alot wen she gets really mad or stressed and alot of the times i tell her not 2 do it and some of the times it works but others it fails and she does it shes gotten alot better but it still scares me wen she does it but now her boyfriend says that she has 2 promise on ther relationship that she doesnt do it and they have been goino ut 4 7 months but idont no i want 2 help her but it seems like her boyfriend has it all under control and i feel helpless and that im lettin her down do u have any advice!?
ps sometimes she comes 2 me becasue i use 2 cut myself but i learned 2 stop
puppy_x3_love answered Monday October 11 2004, 9:02 pm: there is not much i can tell you to help. i don't really know much about this subject, but i just say, try to find her alternative ways to express her pain. journals n such. or there is a rubberband method i mentioned in an earlier question.
the idea is instead of cutting yourself, snap the rubberband on your wrist. my friend does it, and it helps her.
but anyways, how did you stop? you can try to encourage her with that and let her know she's gotta keep pushing.
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