I just found out (through his own admission) that my bf has been and still is a cutter. It's not anything out of control, but I don't know how to react to this. Does anyone have any experience with this? I tried a google search to better understand, but it seems like a bunch of garbage (bad parenting, etc). He is 24, has always been a 'closed-off' kind of person and has a great family. I know he had problems with depression in his teens, but he has never opened up about this. I think the cutting started only 3 years ago though.
Anyway, what can I do to be supportive of him? I don't know what he cuts with (I didn't want to be overly naggy), but I'm afraid he may get an infection or go too deep. (The most recent ones are on his forearms, 1 horizontal and 2 vertical) (on each arm). He done his chest before too.
I don't want to react harshly about it, b/c I want him to know that he can tell me anything and it's not going to scare me away, etc. But I also don't want to act like it's nothing, you know?
Does anyone have any advice for me?



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