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		<title>finding God in the dark</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/03/07/finding-god-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor Bekah Hamrick Martin
Not now. Not again.
I thought this pain was in my rear view mirror… but suddenly it’s crashed through the windshield.
That’s agony. It will sneak up on you. Then it will stop you in your tracks.
Been there?
All it takes is seeing that one person… from that one time… and that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real advice: HELP me.</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/02/10/real-advice-help-me/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/02/10/real-advice-help-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie</dc:creator>
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Jess wrote:
hey im a 15 year old girl thats been cutting since i was 11 i stoped for like 4 months im a child in care you see and i finaly started to feel at home then social services moved me and i have been cutting again i dont trust anyone anymore and i have [...]]]></description>
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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[considering suicide]]></category>
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		<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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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>
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		<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 advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://realteenfaith.com/?p=1247</guid>
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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>
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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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