I have just found my DD has been cutting her arms :(
I feel terrible, I should have known, I did see the cuts but she came up with a rather unconvincing explanation that I chose to believe. She's suffered a serious trauma a few months ago and I thought she had been coping well but obviously that's not the case. I should have done more to help her with that.
So tonight she admitted she had been cutting because she felt bad inside and she didn't know what else to do. I told her if she ever felt that way again, to ask for help from me or another grown up and to not cut herself. She's going to go and see the counselor at school next week and I'm going to take her to the GP to see if we can get a referral to CAMHS.
Is there anything else I can do to help her? I'd be ever so grateful for any advice, thanks in advance.
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SkaffenAmtiskaw · 02/05/2013 22:13
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