I think my friend cuts herself. Whom should I tell?
My friend and I are both teenagers, and we've known each other for few years but never been really close. She's a girl, I am a boy, and we go to the same school. We hung out yesterday, and I saw a series of cuts on her right forearm. They looked like deliberate cuts because they were perpendicular to her arm and regularly spaced. I didn't mention it to her because I am still deciding what to do.
I spent some time online reading about cutting last night, and I know the cutting is because of emotional pain and it can be addictive. I don't cut or harm myself, nor do I intend to in the future, but I know what it's like to have unbearable pain and I want to help her, but I don't really want her to be punished or anything for her cutting. I'm not sure whom I can tell, but I know that I should help her. Should I tell her first? Just so you know, I'm afraid of doing that. Should I tell a counselor at my school, or something else?
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