Not all high schoolers are nasty though. Lorraine, another girl at school who saw a therapist saw that Dawn needed help. Although she was a little testy at one time, it is understandable why. She had been living in an abusive home. I think Dawn was helped tremendously once she was able to go out and have some fun once in a while.
Therapy is important.
Dawn had not been able to get her feelings out enough, and in therapy she learned that she could say whatever she wanted to. She expressed that those she had trusted in the past had abandoned her. Finding a counselor that you can trust is one of the most essential and beneficial points of treatment. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have someone I could talk to and get objective advice from. In the movie, I noticed another common myth about self-injury.