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		<title>introducing our newest team member: zoey</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/01/04/introducing-our-newest-team-member-zoey/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/01/04/introducing-our-newest-team-member-zoey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[faith in action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bekah hamrick martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[considering suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen suicide]]></category>
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By RTF Editor Bekah Hamrick Martin
Some of you know my story.
Shame.
Loss.
Depression.
Worthlessness.

These are some of the words that haunted me on the darkest nights.
I heard the lie over and over again as a teen that life wasn’t worth living. That things would never be different. That nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Would. Ever. Get. Better.
I don’t know where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real question: what do you do when you feel like this?</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/07/28/real-question-what-do-you-do-when-you-feel-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/07/28/real-question-what-do-you-do-when-you-feel-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens speak out]]></category>

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By Guest Writer Patricia Chandler

What Do u do when u feel like this
Suicidal thoughts
Urges to cut
Feeling alone
And feel like u are only a bother
What do u do when u feel like this
Do u end it all
Do u give into your blade
Do u try to ask for help
Or do u shut down and act like u [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>real story: the scar</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/03/04/scar/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/03/04/scar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BJ Hamrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cutting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://realteenfaith.com/?p=2694</guid>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
The scar on your arm
Is only a clue
Of the scar inside
That once terrified you

The fear is gone
The scar remains
A reminder of loss
And the power of pain

Love is a man
With a scar on His arm
It runs deep like yours
He understands harm

The scar on His arm
Is only a clue
Of the scar inside
That He [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>real advice: cutting</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/10/08/real-advice-cutting-2/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/10/08/real-advice-cutting-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bjhamrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[T. Suzanne Eller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real advice]]></category>
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Advice from  RTF Founder Suzie Eller
A comment on the RTF site:
Well, I just found out my daughter had been cutting herself and i am soo scared she means the world to me and I thought our relationship was good but in reality now I think she hates me, she had in the last month read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real advice: my family is messed up</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/07/03/real-advice-8/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/07/03/real-advice-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen advice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://realteenfaith.com/?p=1352</guid>
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I am 15 years old. My dad is strange, to say the least. He&#8217;s sexually hurt others. He has had a ankle bracelet on for a while and just recently had it removed. My mother divorced him and we live with her.
The problem is that my mom works really long hours. I babysit my siblings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real interview: Laura Farrar</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/05/14/real-interview-laura-farrar/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/05/14/real-interview-laura-farrar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debra Weiss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[real interviews]]></category>
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Debra Weiss interviews Laura Farrar
Laura Farrar is part of a courageous generation determined to reach out and do something about the problems they see in the world around them.
Because Laura Farrar has struggled with eating disorders, depression, and self-injury, she understands the pain and secrecy they bring. Discontent to just talk about these issues, Laura is determined [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real Advice: I&#8217;m cutting</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/12/18/real-advice-im-cutting/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/12/18/real-advice-im-cutting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-injury]]></category>
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Hi. I am 13, I live with my parents and my grandmother. I don&#8217;t know what made me cut, but now I cut every day. 10-20 small clean cuts all over my body and several deep and long. I am an excellent hider, and can hide my emotions from time to time, but one day I just couldn&#8217;t stand [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real Issues: Self Violence</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/07/08/real-issues-suicide-and-self-injury/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/07/08/real-issues-suicide-and-self-injury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real advice]]></category>
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I sat with a group of teens and we talked about the issue of violence.
QUESTION: A lot of adults are concerned about violence. If you could tell them what the real issues of violence was about, what would you say?
Tony: If I see a violent movie, it doesn&#8217;t make me want to kill someone. I&#8217;m used to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Real Link: jankern.com</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/06/19/real-link-jankerncom/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/06/19/real-link-jankerncom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[real links]]></category>
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To follow up yesterday&#8217;s question from a mom about self-injury, here&#8217;s a great link to find helpful information about overcoming, recognizing, and dealing with cutting.
 
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		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/06/18/668/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/06/18/668/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://realteenfaith.com/?p=668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your article in Christianity Today on self-injury. Recently, my son told me that a friend of his from church was cutting himself.  This boy&#8217;s former girlfriend did this, as well, and that was why his parents made him break up with her.  They have since told him that he cannot be with anyone until [...]]]></description>
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