My friend cuts herself, can someone help with this question..?

[funactress12]

My best friend cuts herself. A lot. She shows me the scars and all I can do is stand there and be quiet. It sickens me. To see all the scars from her cuts. She tells me when she cuts herself and when she is going to. I read her twitter posts and half of them are about cutting herself. This is serious. I've told her that she needs to stop and all she says is it helps ease away pain, but the only thing this does is give her more pain. I really need some advice as to what to do. Please and thank you.

[savannah]

Awh): My friends do that too, All I can really do is look at her arm and leg wide eyed. It's really gross how people can stand that. I cannot cut myself for the life of me. It's just so... Ew. But you know, It's their choice whether they decide to or not.. You might just want to say "Hey, You know, Cutting yourself doesn't make the world a better place." And tell her how you feel about her doing that.. Tell her that you wouldn't want to lose her. But, They get to make the choice whether they continue or stop.

Hope that I helped.

[♥Ms.Lala♥]

Tell her parents (im assuming you guys are teenagers) if not, seriously talk to her about getting help. Do some researh online about how to approach someone with this problem.

I also want to say, she must want someome to know because she's posting it on her twitter. Maybe she's just waiting for someone to come and help her.

I wish you two the best of luck.

[Abigail P]

be open, dont judge her you dont know whats going through her head as she does it. me and my bestfriend both use to / do cut. but we helped eachother support, my bestfriend helped me with my depression, let her know you care, dont force help upon her i hate when people tell me i need help, dont tell her parents thats her place not yours. talk to her and try to get her agree to see a counsillor or an adult she trusts not necessarily parents or teachers, go with her? constantly show her you love her, tell her how amazing she is. and tell her how it makes you feel.. tell her there are other ways to make herself feel better, show her she can be happy without cutting, help her subtly, be honest and dont judge her or make her feel worse. she is officially in a very delicate state of mind just show her you want to help her stop, but she for herself needs to decide officially that she wants to stop. just support her all you can.
good luck and i hope i have helped xx