How can you hide your cuts from people?

@FeliciaG wtf YOU should be ashamed for shaming an obviously traumatized girl in her early teens. You don't know her story and instead of trying to offer help, you make her feel even more uncomfortable?

@FeliciaG Everyone has problems. (Yours seems to be a need to shame others). She has no reason to feel ashamed. And if she knew how to stop it, she would've by now. It's because of people like you that this teen is reluctant to get the help she needs.

@greenmountaingal You guys are crazy. If the post is real (maybe 20% chance) then the best thing is to not offer sympathy. It's better to point out the obvious- that she should be worried enough and smart enough to not hide her sick and stupid habit. Anyone that anonymously whines and has no intention of getting better deserves no sympathy. You guys are crazy to attack me instead of her.

@FeliciaG Sorry, I really did not mean to attack you; I can see your intentions were basically good. Maybe she isn't for real, but I think it is best to answer as if she is because that might be true. Without some sympathy, there is little chance she would try and stop or get the help of anyone. Most troubled teens have already had plenty of anger and stern lectures and, at least so far, it hasn't worked.