What do I say?

How about the truth?

Make it easier on yourself and just show up to class and tell them the truth.They sound concerned.Are you alright??

She knows i cut though
if she asks how i am do i tell truth and say bad or crappy or not good or just lie?

Have you also been cutting English class?

Wouldn’t it make sense to stop cutting then??

The TRUTH wouldn’t hurt anything . Ya’ know, people who “CUT” ; do so , for a reason . What is yours ?

How about talking to the teacher and asking for HELP ?

what dumb ass school do you go to that they haven’t taken action? stupiddd teachers.

I speak to a school counsler
who knows i cut
She took me 2 hospital
it didnt help

Your teacher is worried about you and she wants to help you. (This happens to me. Sometimes I have students that I worry about.) Why not talk to her?

She means she’s cutting her body, not her classes @jeffwhaterensense.

Just tell them the truth. Be honest with your feelings and get in with the school counselor. You need to be able to confide in someone, but at the same time be open to the help they’re willing to offer.
If so many of your teachers know, why haven’t they thought of this themselves? Idiots.

Depends on whether you feel like you can open up to her. If you trust to her, talk to her seriously, and not so light. Be blunt.

If you can’t open up to her, talk to somone who you can.

I wish you luck in overcoming the hurdles you have ahead. I’m always good for an ear.

@disturbed_broken Oh, I thought you meant cutting class. Now I feel like a dick, sorry.

If you are already speaking to a counselor at the school who knows the situation, I would speak to that counselor and let her know that you would appreciate it if she would speak to the teacher.

Let the counselor know that the teacher’s scrutiny and the strangely worded “I have spies watching you” is counter productive to keeping your stress (and cutting) down.

I’m betting she will handle it for you because after a point what the teacher is doing is inappropriate. Especially if she is doing it with any onlookers.

@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities I thought the same thing for a minute. It’s official, I’m old!

If I was a cutter, which I’m not, because I don’t have control issues, and if a teacher knew that I was a cutter in this hypothetical situation, I’d probably tell him/her “I have issues that I need to sort out and nobody but me can get me through this. I appreciate your attempts to help but this is my own demon.”

alternatively, in this hypothetical situation, I’d stop cutting.

@Sarcasm To make the generalization that cutters have control issues shows clearly that you obviously aren’t and have never been a cutter nor understand the physcology behind it. That’s okay though.
Cutting is an addiction for most and it’s not easy to just randomly stop.
It’s a process much like getting over any addiction.

An addiction to….blood? An addition to….control?

Correct, I’m not a cutter! You say that as if it’s normal to be a cutter and I’m not part of it.

@Sarcasm : it depends on the person, sometimes it’s an addiction to feeling something other than the emotional pain your currently feeling. sometimes it’s a way to just stop thinking about what’s bothering you because you’re so focused on what you’ve done to harm yourself. it’s not normal by any means, but it’s common.

I never sounded like it was normal.
I get sick of ‘advice’ from people who clearly know nothing about it to say something as simple as “I would just stop.”
If it was that damn easy, she would have done so by now.
The addiction stems from wanting to feel another type of pain other than what’s hurting them mentally. Indeed, cutters do have various reasons as to why they cut, but not all of them are control freaks.
Would you honestly tell a person addicted to meth that if you were in their position you would “just stop”.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
If it did, there would be no such thing as rehab or programs or therapy to help.
It’s a BIG process to break a habit like that.

You need help. It’s being offered. Accept it.

I second @Merriment‘s advice.

I’ve been through the same thing b4 all i can say is just go to class and talk to them whatever it is…to me teachers can sometimes be more helpful than guidence counselors because they have hundreds of children every year and should be able to help you im sure they’ve had a problem involving skipping before besides most teachers have their own children anyways so they can be very helpful.

@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities & @Merriment I thought so too. I don’t get this cutting thing. However, I think @Samantha_Rae might be being a bit harsh on the teacher. They are probably NOT trained on this type of thing. Teachers have so much on their plates already, now they need to be mental health therapists too? I’m guessing the teacher meant well. Not everyone is qualified to work the suicide hotline, and even the best teacher might be unsure how to proceed with a “cutter”. I certainly don’t understand it, or know what to tell this person other than to seek help.
I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion, much less an argument. I do know that she has some issues and some of the adults in her life seem to care. That’s better than a lot can say. She came to us for advice, so she should be able to seek assistance where it can do her some good.
Good luck @disturbed_broken. your handle says it all. I hope you get the help you need.