They way my s/h was found out was by my friends telling a teacher and her telling my parents. I found it a bit of a betrayl on the teachers behalf because she didnt talk to me about it for 3 days after she called my parents.
Also in uni i rember my friend telling the uni everything about me which felt like an awful betrayl becasue of they way the uni worded the situation to me, "that i was bringing people down and affecting thier ability to work", it wasnt for a long time later that i realsied he had done it to help me becasue he was worried.
I guess you have to tell someone, or at least get them to tell someone. You dont need a freind to tell you that s/h is ok and what you are doing is fine, because its not, and if you do s/h then their must be some other reason behind it like a mental illness, and if thats left untreated, then someones s/h could turn into someone suicide becasue no one interviend at the first signs of needing help.
Some one could help by listening and trying to get them to stop, and encouragin them to seek help on thier own, but thats all you can do really.
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