Re: Cutting

August 27, 2004

Hi Gale,

My daughter, , who turned 17 this past weekend, has also done some

" cutting " . I came home one day this past winter and found her sobbing in

her room and blood all over the carpet. As you say, I was in panic mode

and she was refusing to see any of the therapists she had seen in the past.

She had a fairly good rapport with her paediatrician who managed to get her

an appointment with a new therapist right away. Since then she has not done

any cutting that I know about. But whenever she seems upset I am afraid

that she will do it again--that or worse.

nne

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Subject: Cutting

> Have any of you had experience with OCD and " cutting " ? My daughter did

> this

> twice early in the month, with unbearably high anxiety over school

> starting.

> She hasn't done it since because her older brother (15) cried about it and

> told her loves her. Which she has never heard from him before! She has

> told me she has felt like it since, but resisted the urge because she

> promised her brother she would. He lives with his dad at the moment and

> calls her every night to check on her.

>

> In my previous post I mentioned her resistance to fighting OCD or taking

> medication. Any advice for us?

>

> Gale in Illinois

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