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Confused ... is this a sign of danger or attention-seeking?
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 537263" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Youngest cut for awhile in high school. She still has a small scar on her foot. What stopped her was being roommates with a girl during one of her psychiatric hospital stays, who was a horrible cutter. The girl cut her breasts so her parent wouldn't see her, and snuck cutting while Younget was her roommate (not sure what she found to do it with, but she did). It scared Youngest to death, and I think she stopped cutting shortly after that. Her therapist at the time told me he thought kids cut for all sorts of reasons, some for attention, some to express their pain, some just because believe it or not, cutting was the "in" thing to do (that one really threw me!)</p><p></p><p>Both of my girls were very attention seeking when it came to suicidal threats. Youngest overdosed three times, but each time she counted the number of pills she took and told the doctors. She wanted attention, not death, but she still could have "accidentally" harmed herself pretty significantly, so it was still dangerous. Oldest would say vague things like "you'll be sorry" and I ignored a lot of that, or told her to call 911 if she was serious. But, she once wrecked a boyfriend's car into a small tree off the road, claiming she'd lost control (years later she admitted she did it on purpose, because she was mad at him). She wasn't really hurt, but still, the thought that she did that.. scary. </p><p></p><p>I think you have to trust your gut with the posts. Giving her some bipolar literature is a good idea... she may ignore it, but you may spark something in the back of her mind. Can't hurt. Perhaps with that literature leave the number of the suicide hotline?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 537263, member: 1157"] Youngest cut for awhile in high school. She still has a small scar on her foot. What stopped her was being roommates with a girl during one of her psychiatric hospital stays, who was a horrible cutter. The girl cut her breasts so her parent wouldn't see her, and snuck cutting while Younget was her roommate (not sure what she found to do it with, but she did). It scared Youngest to death, and I think she stopped cutting shortly after that. Her therapist at the time told me he thought kids cut for all sorts of reasons, some for attention, some to express their pain, some just because believe it or not, cutting was the "in" thing to do (that one really threw me!) Both of my girls were very attention seeking when it came to suicidal threats. Youngest overdosed three times, but each time she counted the number of pills she took and told the doctors. She wanted attention, not death, but she still could have "accidentally" harmed herself pretty significantly, so it was still dangerous. Oldest would say vague things like "you'll be sorry" and I ignored a lot of that, or told her to call 911 if she was serious. But, she once wrecked a boyfriend's car into a small tree off the road, claiming she'd lost control (years later she admitted she did it on purpose, because she was mad at him). She wasn't really hurt, but still, the thought that she did that.. scary. I think you have to trust your gut with the posts. Giving her some bipolar literature is a good idea... she may ignore it, but you may spark something in the back of her mind. Can't hurt. Perhaps with that literature leave the number of the suicide hotline? [/QUOTE]
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