*hugs* it can be really hard to tell your parents, especially its been known for parents to react badly. i know its sometimes hard to find the words to tell parents stuff like this, especially face to face so have you thought of writing them a letter?
no matter how you tell them though you'l have to be prepared for who they would react. they will, most likely, blame themselves. even though its not their fault and there's nothing they could really do to stop you from doing it, they might blame themselves because as a parent they see it as their job in life to protect you from anything that could possibly hurt you, including yourself.
your parents could also become very protective and not give you much privacy. by doing that they think that they'l be able to stop you from hurting yourself. obviously that wont really work but they'l try to stop you from doing it anyway. they could also ask (or demand) to see your wrists to check that you havent been hurting yourself.
it might help to get some family counselling to help all of you through this because it will be difficult for all of you.
if you've got a counsellor you could also ask he/she how you could best tell your parents too.
best of luck with it all.
soph.
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