Question Posted Saturday November 25 2006, 12:56 am
Ive been cutting for about a year and i just got found out about a month ago. Im kinda happy to be out in the open about it and everything but i told my best friend and she didnt even care. She actually started to tell everyone shes an alcoholic when in reality shes acting drunk for the attention and now shes hurt that i dont care about her problem.. Its completly made up.. why should i care if shes doing it for attention everything she does is to start stuff and i really dont want to just ditch her cuz shes my best friend but i have no idea what to do anymore
as for your friend, if shes a REAL best friend, she will care as much for your problem as she wants you to care for hers (if she even has it).
i had the same problem with my best friend.
i felt like she didn't care for my problems and i got really depressed.
Maybe you could just talk to her about it. Tell her that you care for her problem, but you really value her as a friend and that you would like her to are about your problems, because youre going through a time when you need her.
IF she still doesnt show interest, spend more time with your other friends. this will make her realize that you have other friends too. your world doesnt revolve around her.
this may seem a little harsh, but in the end she will realize her flaws in this. maybe some time apart from eachother will make your relationship better (worked for me).
Jess1o9 answered Monday November 27 2006, 4:17 pm: i didnt really get what you meant by 'Ive been cutting for about a year and i just got found out about a month ago.' -- if you were cutting for a year then how didnt you know until about a month ago? but aside from that..
shes not your best friend if she didnt care. your best friend would go into action and depending on what type of person she is she would have done one of two things either a) gone and tryed to get you help/ talking to an adult or counselor or b)talked to you and tryed to help you by her self.
im glad that your open about everything.. thats the way i am too. ive been cutting for three-ish years. it leads to nothing good believe me. mental hospitals, lack of trust, getting made fun of & not being able to wear certain clothes. it sucks
talk to her, ask her why shes doing that for attention tell her to knock it off or you wont hang out with her anymore if its really bothering you. shes going to get negative attention for it and you dont want to be around when that happens. she thinks that lieing is a good thing but it wont turn out good in the long wrong.
she wants people to feel bad for her. ive had friends like this before. it ends in everyone pointing and laughing at her instead of what she thinks is going to happen. shes just doing it so that she doesnt have to deal with your problem. she wants more attention then she thinks that you will be getting.
fatalxheart answered Saturday November 25 2006, 10:17 am: you've been cutting for a year and just found out? that's not how it works.
as for your best friend, she'll get over it. it sounds like you're pretty young, so i'm sure things will blow over. just tell her she's looking for attention and has to stop.
vomski10 answered Saturday November 25 2006, 8:28 am: well first off, DON'T CUT YOURSELF EVER AGAIN. trust me it will ruin your life. if your parents find out they will not trust you for a veryyyyyyyy long time. just trust me. and with your friend. just talk to her about how when you came to her about your problem she blew it off. now when she has a problem, and it's made up, your suppose to care. just tell her that you know it's made up so it's not on the most important thing to be worry about. but good luck, and stop cutting please! [ vomski10's advice column | Ask vomski10 A Question ]
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