My DD is 12 and we have discovered today she has carved the word shit in her ankle and has been cutting her arm. Tomorrow we will call the pediatrician hopefully we can get an appointment in the afternoon ( I am in Germany). She says she is stressed at school, i understand this as they put a lot of stress on children really young in Germany and she has to do well this year to continue in the right stream to go to University. German is her third language and she is worried about how well she has to do next year. Plus she has been having problems with some of her classmates, she said she has felt depressed since the start of January and started hurting herself at the end of January. I feel devastated, I am so worried about her and don't want to leave her alone.
Part of me thinks the depression could be partly due hormones she started her periods in November and has already had at least six.
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scoobiedoobiedoo · 11/03/2020 18:36
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