How should i .............................................................helpp !

How should i ............................ needed badly?

tell my parents that i have been cuting my self for 2 years
& tell my friends that dont no & what can 13 year old do 2 help them self

that is a really hard thing to do, i know that because i've been there, and my parents and friends just found out this year. im 14. there are alot of different situations for how i can answer this. but the first thing is why you cut. i dont think you would have asked how to help yourself if it was for attention or fun. so that means that you have an actual problem. so you cant help yourself only, you need help, and maybe more than just a person can give you, help like medicine. but that also depends, if your depressed its important to get help fast, if your suicidal you need help now. if something happened in your past that no one knows about that was bad and its getting to you, you need help for that.
but i'll tell you how i got help. first of all if you have a really good friend, one you trust and is dependable and would understand, then you should just tell them. i didnt tell my friend but she found out and then she told the school guidance counselor. if you dont have a friend like that then you should just talk to your school guidance counselor. if a friend tells the counselor then they would just call you in their office to talk, same thing would happen if you went in yourself. my school guidance counselor took care of everything for me, he called my mom, and explained everything, and assured her that it was a real problem and that i wasnt bad for doing it, but i just needed help. he also made sure i got it. he gave me a list of psychotherapist/ therapists/ counselors. because thats what they decided to do, was have me go to one of them.
but my situation with my mom may be very different than yours. my mom and me do not get along and she doesnt understand me or help me. but if you get along with your parents and feel comfortable talking to them, well, then you just have to be brave and tell them up front, that you have been depressed for 2 years and that you have bad coping skills and need help. if your parents are good parents they should comfort you, and get you the help you need, and i know thats the hardest part, telling, because i didnt even tell myself. and i would never have been able to, but i was pretty depressed by then. so i wasnt very strong and couldnt do it myself, and i know that its scary to tell, but somehow you have to, because its the only way to get help, and you do need help. i didnt think i did, i thought i had it under control, but really i didnt, it starts out as a tiny bad feeling, with just afew cuts, but then grows bigger, cuts get deeper, and sometimes depression even takes your life, cutting is dangerous, i found that out the hard way, its a scary thing when it is so deep that you almost need stitches, and i even hide that one, never told anyone, i could've killed myself if that cut was just alittle deeper, and i was too scared to even tell anyone then, i fixed that one all by myself, but there could have been a time when i couldnt, when it was too deep, and i probably still wouldnt have told.
dont end up like that, dont get as bad as i was, get help now and your life will be soo much better. i know that you want help, or else you wouldnt be asking.
and tellings the hardest part, i promise, so get past that part, and the rest will be much easier and things will be soo much better for you.
so good luck. and be strong.
if you need anything just email me, i'll answer any questions you have or just listen if you need someone to talk to, i'll do my best to help. im only 1 year older than you, and i was just like you. i understand what your going through, and the more support you have the better.