This sub is for old school cool- not whatever this is.

Yeah, cool. I will file this under "obvious reasons I'm not a perfect person" and place it on my vision board to give others advice. Right up there with eat better, exercise, don't stress, have resilience, and whatever intrinsic motivations and traits I lack. Just like being smart, pretty, successful, and rich. The answers are so obvious.

If she's cutting and then runs away in the middle of winter, it's far more likely that there is more going on at home than a bad reaction to discovering the kid is depressed. Psychological abuse is also horrible- even worse when coupled with physical abuse of some kind. Glad to hear you made it out of your situation and I totally agree it should be reported.