u/Ehe_te_nandayo5

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I found my younger sister's SHED twt account (Self harm, eating disorder) and I don't know what to do

For context, my sister is 14. These past few months she's been showing signs of depression. It got so bad that at some point I started to see SH scars on her, but thankfully wasn't too deep. I personally didn't know what to do because years back I also SH and nobody knew except her. I sometimes think its my fault for letting her see it back then and I don't know if that encouraged her to do the same when she's going through tough times.

But her teacher found out, texted our mom, and our mom found out about it too. I live in the Philippines and our culture here makes it so old people don't even get mental health. I convinced her to get her help and all. She just got diagnosed with bipolar disorder and signs of depression.

But it was also the same day I found out about her twitter account. She mentioned something about how this one twitter account was so annoying, and she repeated the short account name over and over that I eventually searched it up for myself, checked the replies, up until I found an account where the tweets included her day to day life. And jesus christ i only knew a few things aboyt shed twitter but the stuff she posts there is actually deranged. Full of stuff that encourages SH.

It made me sick to find that my sister was posting and reposting shit that clearly affected her recovery. I haven't told her I found her twitter account yet. I've been reading through her tweets and all and it made my stomach churn because its as if I never knew her at all.

I just want her to get better. To get out it, snap out of it, or whatever. Anyone can see it was bad. What do I do? I feel like such a shitty older sister not doing anything to help.

TL;DR

My 14-year-old sister has been struggling with depression and self-harm, and after her teacher informed our mom, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression. I also found her anonymous Twitter account filled with harmful self-harm content, and it scared me because it felt like I didn’t know how bad things really were. Now I feel guilty, overwhelmed, and unsure how to help her get better.

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u/Ehe_te_nandayo5 — 5 days ago