Comments on: Self Mutilation: What It Really Is http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124 Help for teens who are fighting depression and thoughts of suicide Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: TheFlyOnTheWall http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4330 TheFlyOnTheWall Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:59:12 +0000 http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4330 I have always been confused by "why" cutters would choose to do something so hurtful to themselves. I have secretly thought they must be tortured young souls. Your post helps shed some light on this for me. I truly feel for these people and hope they find the love and support they are needing. I have always been confused by “why” cutters would choose to do something so hurtful to themselves. I have secretly thought they must be tortured young souls. Your post helps shed some light on this for me. I truly feel for these people and hope they find the love and support they are needing.

]]> By: Colby Kaye http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4290 Colby Kaye Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:46:32 +0000 http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4290 Thanks for this post. It can be challenging dealing with troubled teens. A lot of the things you mentioned should not be taken lightly. Depression is a serious illness that affects adolescents just like it does adults. I’ve found Silver Hill Hosptial's wesbite to be a useful source of information about treatments for <a href="http://www.silverhillhospital.org/adolescent-programs.htm" rel="nofollow">depression in adolescents</a>. Thanks for this post. It can be challenging dealing with troubled teens. A lot of the things you mentioned should not be taken lightly. Depression is a serious illness that affects adolescents just like it does adults. I’ve found Silver Hill Hosptial’s wesbite to be a useful source of information about treatments for depression in adolescents.

]]> By: aldon @ orient lodge http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4206 aldon @ orient lodge Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:10:11 +0000 http://teensuicidetalk.com/?p=124#comment-4206 Yesterday, I received an email about <a href="http://www.twloha.com" rel="nofollow">To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA)</a>. "TWLOHA is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery." They are doing a webcast on October 5th. I haven't looked closely at all that they are up to, but they seem worth checking out. Yesterday, I received an email about To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA).

“TWLOHA is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.”

They are doing a webcast on October 5th. I haven’t looked closely at all that they are up to, but they seem worth checking out.

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