Comments on: How to Help My Child Stop Cutting

By: jay

jay — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:45:30 +0000

I agree with you VA. My daughter has been self injuring, cutting, for almost a year. At first we took away everything that she could use to hurt herself and she still found other ways. Now I don’t bother to search her room anymore and I find she is doing it less. Maybe your right, it could be a security blanket or actually maybe she feels that she is in control. She is now in a program and we are hoping that it will help. What I don;’t understand is they why. I never belittle her because i can’t imagine what could hurt so much inside that she would want to hurt herself. I am just so sad.

By: VA

VA — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:31:20 +0000

I don’t know that I agree about taking away self-injury implements. I suspect that someone would simply use a different way to hurt themself. I am now 755 days free of self-injury, and I know when I was first trying to stop that when I focused on not doing the things I had always done to hurt myself that I began to come up with new ways to hurt to replace them until I became more aware–some of these ways may have been more risky than the original, which is why I think that removing self-injury implements may not be such a good idea. The items may also be a sort of security blanket, and without the sense of control of those being nearby the urge to hurt may come more often and stronger. Sorry to disagree, but wanted to share my thoughts.

By: alix

alix — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:23:26 +0000

i need help to stop cutting

By: Barbara Mosco

Barbara Mosco — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:15:48 +0000

that’s it! she does not tell anyone ! how can i Help her if she won’t hear you?