Ok, basically i've just spent the weekend with my best friend (i've known her since we were 6 months old!) There's no secrets between us, I think the only thing I never told her was my tendency to s/h. We were talking about secrets for some reason, and I asked her if she wanted to talk to me about anything. She told me that she, too, s/h-ed to cope with feelings. Obviously I told her about me and we talked about it, and in a way it was good as we had someone to talk to - each other, but now i'm back at my place and she's back at hers and it's so far away.. this is turning into a ramble 
sorry.
She's been doing this for a few months, and i've been doing it for a few years so I feel sort of protective of her, if that makes sense... I want to wrap her in cotton wool and protect her from harm, but we only see each other once a year and so it's impossible for me to be there for her all the time. Apart from talk to her and tell her to phone me when she feels like self harming there's not much I can do about it, yet I just want to help and make it stop. How can I help more than i already am? what things can I say to make a difference? How can I be there for her living so far away??
Thanks a lot.
Jess xxx
sorry.She's been doing this for a few months, and i've been doing it for a few years so I feel sort of protective of her, if that makes sense... I want to wrap her in cotton wool and protect her from harm, but we only see each other once a year and so it's impossible for me to be there for her all the time. Apart from talk to her and tell her to phone me when she feels like self harming there's not much I can do about it, yet I just want to help and make it stop. How can I help more than i already am? what things can I say to make a difference? How can I be there for her living so far away??
Thanks a lot.
Jess xxx
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