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Originally Posted by firefighter369
im 18 who recently stopped SI. but I tried turning to my parents for help but all they did was threaten to send me to the hospital for a week again. all I can say is don't do that, if she comes to you about her self harm don't force her to the hospital that will ruin her trust as it did mine. all you can do is be their for her and show her that you will always be their. take her to the movies spend time with her. do what you need to get her trust so she can tell you what bothering her
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I did not want to hospitalize her but the cutting was too bad. Had it been just one area and wouldn't have. It was both arms from shoulder to wrist with cuts about 1 inch apart and part of a leg. Your right it blew some trust but if they saw that at her high school and I had done nothing I would be arrested for child neglect. She says she can't stop for herself now she has to stop to stay out of the hospital. Either way it shows she may have the capacity to stop for whatever reason. Fear of inpatient unit is one of the reasons I started taking my meds in the first place when I was in my 20s. It's not necessarily a bad motivator. Her therapist or doctor would have done the same thing. If she cuts a little in the future I will try to handle it outpatient but if it's half her body there is not much I can do. Hospitalization is a natural consequence of that.
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