Should I tell the school counselor about my emo friend?!

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Destroying someones trust is far worse then a cut on the skin-it's like cutting their soul. Yes, it can be dangerous to cut. It shows she is already hurting inside. If she put her trust in you and your promise to her, your betrayal will be devastating.

If you can't stop your mom from telling, let it happen that way. Let your mom know why you won't tell, that you just can't break her trust in you. I would prolly warn her that her secret was coming out, so she had time to feel before she had to face the confrontation. I would be as honest and strait forward as I could, and let her know I would come with her for the talk that's bound to follow. That it wasn't her facing this alone, we would face it together.

My friends told my school counselor when I was cutting last year, and I honestly resented them for it. I was just going through a phase, and the counselor was threatening to drag my parents into it which would've made the situation SO much worse. It sounds like she's going to be found out anyway, either from you or your mom. I guess you could just wait for your mom to tell and say you didn't know? It's a sucky situation, but in the future if this bothers you I suggest going to the counselor and asking about an anonymous friend and what you can do to help. She's young, it's probably just a phase.

It sounds inevitable that your mom will tell someone later. If she's cutting her wrists she can harm herself from cutting an artery. You guys are only in 7th grade, she doesn't need to die that young.. It's hard convincing your friends to stop and she might hate you for it for tattling on her but who gives what the teachers think, tell a counselor or parent. What's scarier to you, your friend flippin' for telling someone you cut or her stuck in the hospital for God knows what.

ive been in this ECXACT situation. i told my mom, and...honestly, it turned our to be a HUGE disaster. but i didnt know whhat else to do. tell the councler. ask the councler to not tell ur friend it was u.
u can do two things after u tell the councler:
1. tell ur friend u didnt know what else to do. u couldnt stand to loose her and that h only did it cuz u love her. (in a friend way :p)

2.lie. say u didnt do it, and someone else must have seen her cuts.

good luck, i know its a really crappy situation, ive been there.

Would you rather a friend be pi**ed off with you for a while or would you rather a dead friend that accidentally cut an artery?


In short tell an adult I recommend the school councilor.

Don't.

It's probably a phase, I went threw one at that age also.