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How to help a friend who's cutting?
So over the weekend I found out my ex-girlfriend who I'm still on good terms with has been cutting herself. She's still in high school and I'm a freshman in college but I visited over the weekend and we hung out yesterday and I noticed she was wearing a bunch of bracelets and I saw the cuts under them. Honestly we were always a better couple than friends and tended to confide more in our friends than each other but since we broke up I found out she's been having some suicidal thoughts and almost no sense of self-worth. I tried pulling her away from her family when I was over to talk to her about it but she avoided it as best she could and I never got a good enough look at the cuts to see how bad or how many there really were so I just tried to push the fact that I'm here to help her and she can talk to me about what's going on and that I wouldn't tell anyone. The thing is that I might be part of the problem because I broke up with her but it was somewhat mutual? If that makes sense she had problems with me being away in college but after we broke up she wanted to get back together but I was hesitant cause she hooked up with her best friend the very next day after we broke up and now I don't know what's up or how she feels about that or where she stands now but I might be ranting. I'm just not sure what to do. I feel like if I tell her family they'll hound her about it and make things worse at home but at the same time she isn't talking to me so that might be the only way I can try and help her. Her sister tends to flip out and be overbearing so that will cause more drama and she'll most likely tell her parents about it. I'm kind of hoping this is an isolated thing but I'm just not sure what to do exactly. Just looking for any advice on what I can do to help.
Thanks
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
heyy check THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT show it and i hope he/she understand(sorry for my english i'm greek) ;)
The Butterfly Project:
The Rules are:
1. When you feel like you want to cut, take a marker, pen, or sharpies and draw a butterfly on your arm or hand.
2. Name the butterfly after a loved one, or someone that really wants you to get better.
3. You must let the butterfly fade naturally. NO scrubbing it off.
4. If you cut before the butterfly is gone, you’ve killed it. If you dont cut, it lives.
5. If you have more than one butterfly, cutting kills all of them.
6. Another person may draw them on you. These butterflies are extra special. Take good care of them.
7. Even if you don’t cut, feel free to draw a butterfly anyways, to show your support. If you do this, name it after someone you know that cuts or is suffering right now, and tell them. It could help.
- ?Lv 49 years ago
I think u need to really talk to her and try coping with her that she's sucidial (i guess) since u broke up with her and she might just b depressed Add me or message me if you need any other help