How can I convince my friend to stop cutting herself?

my friend cuts her wrist when she is depressed and annoyed she says it takes her mind of things and makes her feel a bit better. iv tried to cpnvincer to syop and that because she might do herself some sereious harm . if any 1 has any surggestions on how i can help her and convince her 2 stop it would be much appericated!

Answer #1

i know that when i used to SI(self injour) i found that it helped to keep a elastic around my wrist, and to snap it whenever i felt sad, depressed or angry.

if you take away whatever she uses to cut herself tthen when ever she gets mad enough she could just scratsh at her self with her nails(this hapend to me when i tryed hard to stop) try telling her that he cuts will get deeper and that the scars will stay longer, i know that it takes a while to stop and that you just cant say that youre going to, it has to be the right time, i know that i still SI some times because i feel alone or “numb” like no one realizeas im there, or no one could car if i realy am.

i know alot of people who used to SI all of witch are vary close friends, thay all got throught fine and are all still here today. i know that i still have alo of scars that are from a few months to almost ayear ago now, and whenever my bestfriends boyfriend (bith have self harmed in the past) sees my scars he looks so depresed. so hurting yourself hurts others more than it hurts you.

anyway i hope this helps.

Answer #2

just ignore her. im serious, rite now your enabling her and her problem, the only way you will be able to help her is by letting her know that you cant care about a person if they dont care about themselves. i know it will be hard , but this should at least help her come to the conclusion that she HAS to stop. When my friends did it to me it was the worst time of my life, but wwhen i realized that i was all bymyself i realized that cuttin was the most selfish thng i could do and even if i still didnt care about myself i needed to stop, bcus my friends were the only ones that i had..hope this helps =]

Answer #3

Ok..what you’re friend is doing is obviously wrong. But I dont need to tell you that. You already know.

Try seeking help for your friend. And if that doesn’t work, then use you’re words.

Ask her why? How does this help her?

When I used to cut myself, you know what I realized? It did nothing but leave scars.

Tell her..when she’s depressed, write down whats wrong. Go do something else besides using cutting as a way to releave stress.

Hope this helps. Good Luck.

Answer #4

my friend used to cut herself too and she tried to talk to a counseler but that only made things worse. first tell her to throw away what she’s using to cut herself. ask her to find something else she can do.

now my friend is covered in scars and people always talk about her because of that. tell your friend that she really doesnt want that kind of attention. she doesnt wanna be known as the girl who cut herself.

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