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Question Posted Sunday May 14 2006, 4:21 pm

well I am pretty stressed out with everything like my parents yelling at me and breaking up with my b/f and school so when i was telling my friend about all this she said cutting herself worked for her she told me to try it well i did and it didn't work but i just kept doing it i have a total of 59 cuts on my arm and my other friend found out about it and told my spanish teacher so i am in big trouble what should i do?

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Nallie answered Monday May 15 2006, 10:38 pm:
Well, if the teacher really understands, you won't be in trouble. Talk to your teacher one on one and explain that you didn't get any pleasure from what you did to yourself, and want to seek help. If the teacher is upset with you, go see the school counselor..this is a fairly common problem. But really...your friend who told you to do this was obviously wrong. So perhaps she is not really your friend, and needs to get help for herself.

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libby answered Monday May 15 2006, 6:15 pm:
wow well your friend is a bitch!!! dont listen to people that tell yu to hurt yourself!!!! yu should do those things! wat if yu cut tooo deep n cut your vain! you could of died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and trust em you would have some sad people at your funeral. but anyways never ever ever ever cut or hurt yourself((on purpose))!!! tell your teacher that yourve been under stress. tell her that u tought it woudl help yu relieve it. but make sure to add that it didnt! tommorrows another day. yu justt gotta pray for teh besst. also yu need ot thanks those friends for tellin. even though they get u intouble they were trien to help you out! thye obvously cared enough to try to get help!!

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Christeena answered Monday May 15 2006, 5:38 pm:
Tell your friend I said she was a fucking bitch for telling you to cut yourself, that's some of the stupidest stuff I have ever heard.

Then go look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if those cuts were really worth it. If you still feel like shit and you had to cut yourself 59 times, was it really worth it? You cut once, didn't help did it? Then another and another and ANOTHER and it still didn't do anything. IT'S NOT HELPING YOU.

Go see a counselor.

Sorry, shit like this pisses me off. And it's not because I don't know what you're going through, because I do. But I got over it because it completley fucked up my life and I realized I was hurting other people by doing it to.

So please, stop. Now. Please.

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Vikki27 answered Monday May 15 2006, 3:21 pm:
I'm sorry but no real friend would recommend you try self harming. It's the least productive and most dangerous 'solution' to life's problems and with more and more of the teenage population turning to it, people should be discouraging this behaviour.

I'm sorry that it seems like things are going so badly for you right now but this really isn't the answer. Cutting is just a way to temporarily escape what is going on and what you need to do is work out ways to make things better long-term. For example, if you are upset because you aren't doing so well in school, try to put more focus and energy into your school work. Ask for a tutor or some extra help from your teacher. You say your parents are yelling at you. Parents do this but rather than slinking away from it, ask yourself why they are behaving this way. Is there something you can do to make things better? Do more around the house? Not fight with siblings?

Please, PLEASE, stop harming yourself. You're only creating more problems for yourself in the long run and if you want to stop finding things so difficult, you need to face them and work them out, rather than running from them because if you don't do it now, you will be running from problems all your life. Facing up to them takes courage and maturity, which I think you do have.

You can sort everything out but it takes time. If things get difficult, talk to someone. Write something. Keep a diary but don't cut. No point creating so many more issues for yourself in the future when you can just sort the ones that led you to it. Be strong, face up to it. You will be fine and you can cope.

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msb9876 answered Monday May 15 2006, 12:01 am:
Seek professional help, like counselling which will help with the original problem and the newer cutting issue.

Your school phsychologist would be a good place to start, and perhaps she can refer you on to the appropriate support.

Good luck

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poa answered Sunday May 14 2006, 10:56 pm:
Plead insanity.

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