I'm 14 years old and I've been self harming for about a year now. I don't know why I do it, or how I can stop. If I or someone else tells a teacher, do they have to tell my parents? What is the law on confidentiality with self harm? What would teachers do if they found out?

The only way I have found to cope that sometimes works is to write music, it is the only passion I have in life, and I want to do it for a career so much, but I know the way I'm going on I won't have a chance.I have tried canabis once before because I thought it would help to take the edge off things. It worked, but only for a few hours, and I havn't done it since.

Only one close friend/ on/off boyfriend really knows the extent of what I am doing to myself, and he is desperate for me to stop. His way of trying to make this happen is getting angry and making me promise to stop. Then when I can't things just get worse. I know he only says this because he cares, but it doesn't help at all, and just sresses me out more. I feel guilty for doing this to him of all people.

Please help me.