re: Looking for Parenting Tip

Her cutting will definitely escalate if not controlled. The "need" for the pain, not necessarily related to suicide....initially...becomes addictive, & like any addiction, it takes more & more to feed it. I saw this up close & in person both professionally & personally. Like a lot of needle users, they use body parts that are not easily visible, behind the knees, inner thighs, and butt cheeks being common areas. The inner wrists seem to be the main starting areas because they are so easy to reach. Find her cutter tool as most like to use a certain instrument, it's part of the addiction. Homemade short knives using razor blades are common, easy to hide.