dashcat
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Starting a new thread becasue when it rains it pours.
difficult child made a big deal about cutting in high school, but didn't actually cut. She only scraped her armonce when confronted about lying about the cutting. therapist at the time said she didn't fit the profile, saying cutters are pretty secretive about cutting and difficult child was actaully bragging about it.
Anyway, fast forward 3 years. She posted about cutting on Tmblr and i assumed it was the same old/same onld (the cutting posts have been off and on since HS).
She told me yesterday she was cutting "a little" and said that one of her tattoos was thre to hide the scars. She didn't offer to show me and I sensed I shouldn't ask at teh time. It was big enough that she told me. I feel horrible for dismissing the recent signs.
Talked to DEX this morning and he said his girlfriend did see the cuts.
Now I'm putting all sorts of things together. There are about 6 razors in the shower. She died her hair bright orange recently, so when I found about 10 badly stained (white) hand towels, I thought it was becasue of the hair dye. Now I'm not sure if it was blood? A combination? It looked like it could be either.
I took the razors out of the shower and locked up the unused ones from the cabinet. Is this the right thing to do? I know they'll cut with other things, but It seems like madness to leave these out.
She's seeking help and I am glad about that, but what to I do in the meantime?
Dash
difficult child made a big deal about cutting in high school, but didn't actually cut. She only scraped her armonce when confronted about lying about the cutting. therapist at the time said she didn't fit the profile, saying cutters are pretty secretive about cutting and difficult child was actaully bragging about it.
Anyway, fast forward 3 years. She posted about cutting on Tmblr and i assumed it was the same old/same onld (the cutting posts have been off and on since HS).
She told me yesterday she was cutting "a little" and said that one of her tattoos was thre to hide the scars. She didn't offer to show me and I sensed I shouldn't ask at teh time. It was big enough that she told me. I feel horrible for dismissing the recent signs.
Talked to DEX this morning and he said his girlfriend did see the cuts.
Now I'm putting all sorts of things together. There are about 6 razors in the shower. She died her hair bright orange recently, so when I found about 10 badly stained (white) hand towels, I thought it was becasue of the hair dye. Now I'm not sure if it was blood? A combination? It looked like it could be either.
I took the razors out of the shower and locked up the unused ones from the cabinet. Is this the right thing to do? I know they'll cut with other things, but It seems like madness to leave these out.
She's seeking help and I am glad about that, but what to I do in the meantime?
Dash