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What to do if i started cutting myself now i have 5 slits across my wrist they aren't deep but their starting to scab and will they leave a scar?
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From information: Provided - don't know if they will scar or not. Please look into dialectical behavioral therapy. You can learn to cope without self - mutilation. Life can be better for you.
Answered 3/31/2014
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