Hi, I'm fairly new to this and everyone seems soo nice. I was hoping you could help me.
I just dropped my 14 year old daughter off at the hospital for cutting herself. She was using a razor blade on her arms and she has me scared to death. She has been moody and arguing with me about all kind of things. I'm feeling really guilty that I didn't see this coming at all. I figured she was 14 with raging hormones and when I talked to my freinds they would tell me that she was a typical teen.
I guess my questions are: Is this fixable or is she always going to at risk for hurting herself and what can I do as her mom to help her?
Some background, I am a single parent and her dad has come back into her life recently but only because he wants her to babysit for his kids that he has with his girlfriend. She is a good student and has freinds. She has started to dress "goth" and she died her hair black. Again, I just thought this was normal teen behavior. I knew that its hard dealing with adolescents but I guess I'm learning exactly how hard! When she's not mad at me, we get along very well. Thanks so much just for listening, its been real hard to deal with this.