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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, my DD was one who turned to cutting in 8th grade and continued through HS. Looking back what I would do differently would be to lighten up. DD attended a high stress school. DD did go to various therapists and in that area I would do differently to switch insurance plans earlier to allow better mental health care and go straight to allowing DD to select from a short list of therapists I had researched, confirmed were accepting new patients and could see her soon. When DD finally did get to a therapist she felt ok about years had passed and she was in her last year of high school. Interestingly those initial sessions were basically lots of personality tests and understanding her temperament. It was pretty helpful. Personality can change over time but it was useful to understand where she was at that moment in time. Right now you could try the Myers Briggs 16 personality, the enneagram, and another I can’t recall at the moment. If I could go back I would pay closer attention to what brings her joy and construct her days to have more of that. The suggestion for many sources of friendships sounds good but for my DD it just added to an over scheduled life with lots of short term and fairly shallow ‘friendships’.
DD is now college aged and doing well socially, emotionally and academically. Her personality is much the same and it is so helpful to understanding her and recognizing who she is. Looking back I wish I had understood my DD better so I could know how to be helpful... turns out being helpful would have been as simple as letting my ego not rule her life (work hard is HS to get into that highly selective college) and assisting her to pursue her own interests (fashion, friendships, writing) more.[/quote]

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