Devin, thanks for the reply. Did you stop being friends with her because of the SI or because of the drugs and stuff like that? You don't have to answer that if you don't want to.
Abby, I agree. I think it hurts the people around the injurer more than the it does the SIer. Because they feel helpless and they don't know what to do. They worry about what to say/ what not to say as they don't want to send the person into a cutting/burning whatever spree. It also hurts them deeply to see people they love hurting themselves that way.
Another reason people SI is because they have SO much self hatred toward themself that they don't know what to do with it, or so much anger they don't know what to do with that instead of hurting someone else they hurt themselves.
Debbie, isn't your daughter sirrahved? Cause I thought she was. Correct me if I am wrong. But anyway, if she is your daughter, did you know about the cutting when she was in middle school? If so how did you react/handle the situation? Just curious. It would be helpful for other people to know a parents perspective.