Maybe it is because we know just how private SI can be. How hard we try to keep it hidden and how difficult it would be if someone we cared about pointed it out to us. So saying something about their self injury crosses a line we don't want to have someone cross when it comes to us. I think it is respect for the other person's feelings. On the other hand we also know just how difficult it is to be a self injurer coping with her problem alone. We are torn between two opposites and there is no real way to reconcile the two. Or is there?
Carrie