I definitely think seeing a family councillor would help. I am going to speak to my daughters psychologist to see if she can suggest someone. We really need help in knowing how to support her and parent her as we really don’t know what we’re doing. I’m worrying myself sick and my husband is starting to lose patience with us both. ... View more

Thank you. The first I knew of her self harming was a few months ago her psychologist asked me “is she self harming again?” - I had no idea she ever had. Our first talk about it was just the other day after I had read a report the dr had written to the psych which mentioned it again and something went missing from the kitchen. I asked her about it and she admitted she had. I really didn’t know what to say. Now I’ve read the articles you suggested and that’s helped to know more about it. I really don’t know how to talk to her about it and I know she hasn’t said anything to the psychologist about it either. She is seeing her next week and has started with the medication which will hopefully start to make her feel better in a few weeks. In the meantime I’m just trying to keep an eye on her and make sure she’s not home alone ever. Thankfully I have a supportive husband but no one else really. That’s why I came on here hoping to find some support and information so thank you. I’m really at a loss to know how to manage this phase and support her. Just trying to love her the best I can. Obviously she means the world to me. ... View more

I recently discovered that my 15 year old daughter has been self harming again (used to do it earlier this year but had stopped). I’m glad to see that I think I reacted the right way by not over reacting but honestly it terrifies me to know that she is so unhappy. She has been seeing a psychologist all year but doesn’t seem to have helped a lot. We Made the decision to try medication last week which I have always resisted but felt we had to try. I am interested to see people talk about a kitchen adjustment- how do you do that without getting rid of necessary cooking things and making it obvious that things are being hidden? ... View more