Do Your Parents Know??

I was wondering if people could answer these questions for me:
How many peoples parent know they harm themselves??
Did u tell them or did they find out for themselves??
What did they do??
If they don't know would you ever tell them??

~@L€X~

My parents know. They found out twice. They think I stopped doing it though.

The first time my mother was really mad and said mean things to me. My dad was very upset and he cried.

The second time my mother was mad, not as much as the first time. And said some more mean things to me. And she treatened to send me away if I kept doing it. My dad was upset again, but didn't cry.

The first time they found out, 4 years ago, it was from one of my friends. Actually everyone found out that day. Thank you "friend". The second time, which was about a month ago, I went to get fitted for my prom dress and my mother saw my cuts.

If they wouldn't have found out themselves I would have never told them. It was too hard to go through. I was hell. I would give anything to go back i time and change it.

don't people ever get sick of hiding them tho : (

My parents know, The school found out and I got sent to the shrink, they rang home and there was a big fuss, I hate having to hide away all the time... And I'm not looking forward to summer :(

I hate the fct tht no matter how many time u do it the pain never really goes away. and the fact i have to hide the scars (and i have plenty of them now) just gets on my nerves. Wearing a sweat band 24/7 including when i am in bed can't really be good for me. But i can't stop and i can't tell anyone so i am stuck.

omg! how do they react to tht like??

Yeah my parents found out, I didn't tell them, I was so hot and I had just forgotten about them so I took off my jumper (whilst on holiday with my WHOLE family), My mum saw and then showed my aunt and cousins. Was horrible.

Since then my parents have been REALLY nice to me, but selfish as it sounds that is really scaring me. Sometimes my mum asks me loads of questions about it, when I do it, what I use, I hate that so much.....

My parents found out about it b/c my best friend was upset and told on me. Then my counselor called me down to the office, they called my mom, I already had a doctors appointment that day, then she called my dad, and they took me to the doctor and I had to talk to her for like 2472835 hours.

They cried, I cried, I told them everything, blah blah blah.

They didn't know that after that I kept doing it. They just told me to keep putting stuff on the big ones on my arm so that they didn't scar.

They wouldn't let me around sharp objects by myself for a long time. So when I would cut things out of a magazine when I was upset, I had to do it in front of my mom. She never said about the things I cut out though which was good b/c some of the stuff wasn't very nice. Lol.

I'm still asked, 2 years later, how I'm feeling and crap and my mom always asks me if I wear long sleeves a lot. It kind of sucks, but it's a lot better then it was when they first found out.

My mom knows that I do.

my mom dont no crap. she dont care. she was never there for me anyways..

why should anyone even no

yes and no, no because my mom thinks i stopped a while ago. and yes because one time i thought the scars were fading so i didnt wear my sweater, but my dad(i never see anymore) saw them and told my mom. he thought i was going to kill meyself(jack ass) Well my mom didnt talk to me for days afterward. that sort of made it worse

i told them when my counselors at school found out and threatened to tell them if i didnt. they... were really accepting, actually. i found out that both bi polarity and clinical depression run on my dad's side of the family, so i found some of the causes why. it's really up to you if you tell them, i think. i dont know your parents and i dont know if they'd react harshly so i can't really say. you make the decision, but know that if you do tell, it feels like you've lifted the world off of your shoulders... literally.
*Zac*

Yesterday one of my teachers spotted the fact that I'd carved pain on my hand... I tried to pull away but it was too late.... And at lunch I saw her and another teacher just staring at me..... I knew they were because wherever I walked I could watch their eyes follow me across the room, Then they called my form tutor over and were talking to her about it :( :(

My parents found out i cut cuz i was in hospital (Overdosed) n de doc showed my parents all the scars dey found. Yes mother roared and father cried n i got sent to de shrink but tings r workin out now i rarely cut anymore n if i do i stop before it scars. Peace and love... Mia Xxx

all the answers are no. they dont know they never wil. no i would NEVER tell

My parents unfortunately do know about my self-har. But, being the parents they are, they really can care less. I never told either one of them. When my mom saw the cuts, she called me stupid or whatever. And well, my dad could really care less because it's not like he, himself, doesn't hurt me anyways. The only time where they act like they cared was when I tried to commit suicide by sliting my wrists. It sucks that I had to go that far for them to show the least bit of love. I don't like they fact that they know. I wish my mom never saw the cuts... otherwise I would have NEVER told her. And I was doing such a great job of hiding them.

tht is why i have sweatbands. mwah ha ha ha ha! I wud never let my mam c. It is just tying to hide it tht it wot i am scared of. sometimes she ask's y i have my sweatband on 24/7 but i just say "coz i like it...ok" and she just sighs and walks away.
~@L€X~

my parents know. I wanted help, but my mom wouldn't listen. I didn't show her, but I did go to my school councilor (sp) and I showed him. He in turn told her. The freaked, but what else would you expect?

no one knows

When I used to cut, a suicide letter was found at school that I had written and I had to go to the counselor and she confirmed the self mutilation by raising up my sleeves & told me that she was going to call my mother but I insisted on telling her myself , so when I got home from school that day, I approached her, raised my sleeves and told her what I had been done in secret & in anger, she pulled my sleeves back down and told me not to show anyone EVER. And thats basically all that happened.

Love Always,
Heather M Craig.

id never tell my parents, id do nethin 2 stop them findin out and 4 a while i thought mayb my mum nu and i was soo scared it made me worse than ever.

No. My parents are blind. They've seen my cuts 4 times. 3 times when my sleeve came down and once when I actually blooming forgot I had cuts all over my arm (lol yeah, pretty stupid) so I walked into the room wearing my teddy bear nightie (lmao!). They just went: oh what have you done to your arm? And I was standing there thinking oh my god they found out, and then my mum went: are you drawing on your arms? you havent done that since you were a little girl. lol pretty funny huh? Now I just wear arm bands most all the time ( NO! not the type you go swimming with, the type you can find at Camden market n places.)

actually my mom found out last night she thinks that this is the first time and its not ive been doing it for like 3 years now. and they found out through my sister cuz she told on me. and if you have suicidal poems dont let your "friends" read them, because i got turned in for mine

my parents found out twice the first time i tried to stop and carried on afta 2 weeks the second time i stopped and started burning and doing the ice and salt thing instead. the last one is handy as it still hurts and the marks fade way quicker.

My mom found out once, but she thinks I stopped. She found out herself, by just walking in on me in my room. I would never tell my parents!! My dad doesn't care, though.

I told my parents a while ago in a note. B I G mistake. I wish I haden't. They yelled at me...and well...it's just a long story that I dont want to go over again. It wasn't good though...
Katie

my mom doesn't know but if she did l'd just get grounded or something like that

NO! my parents would freak....i would get this long ass lecture about how i have a fucking perfect life and i have no reason to that to myself....it would be a BIG mess.....my dad got mad when i went to see a counselor because he thought that i was too young to have problems....blah blah blah.....so, no my parents don't know lol

my parents do know but i would of never told them cause its not like they really helped my but they found out themselves

yea my parents know...i told my school councelor bc i wanted to stop and she said she wouldnt tell my parents if i stopped so 2 weeks later she checked up on me and i stopped but that day i got suspended from school so she said she had to tell them...my best friend cuts and my parents knew so they were really mad. they think i did it bc of her but i was self injuring long before i met her my parents just dont no that. they no i cut but before i cut i burned so they still dont no about that