Student with Mental Illness

Midwestmomofboys
Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:20:17 +0000

Feel for your daughter, and going to the RA certainly the right thing to do. On the scratching and poking, does sound like self-injury, which can overlap with OCD. Most people who self-harm are not suicidal at all, instead it is related to stress and anxiety tension release (albeit, one incomprehensible if your brain is not wired that way). Sounds like he chose, or wound up with, a very isolating experience over the summer, far too easy for young men to isolate themselves this way and it can be hard to reintegrate. He may not be a danger to himself or others, but if the school has been alerted, then it sounds like your daughter has done what she ought to, and can do. She certainly should not blame herself for his condition.