- Callie - is the main character, who is sent to Sea Pines for cutting and refuses to talk throughout most of her time there.
- Callie's Psychiatrist - accepts callies struggle to talk more than anyone else.
- Amanda - Initially introduced as a more careless person, Amanda is also a cutter and but she does it for fun more for decoration.
- Tara - Tara is very kind and quiet, attempting to reach out to Callie by trying to understand her. She also suffers from anorexia.
- Sydney - suffers from a drug addiction and is Callie's roommate . She becomes friends with Callie by treating her like a normal person and looking after her.
- Becca - suffers from anorexia and bulimia. She refuses treatment, by hiding food and purging. Becca is later transferred to Hammacher, a more intense section of the treatment .
- Debbie - Extremely overweight, Debbie suffers from compulsive over eating. Debbie is very co-dependant need to take care of Becca.
- Tiffany - suffers from an addiction to crack and attends Sea Pines as a way to avoid going to jail. She leaves Sick Minds towards the middle of the book.
Callie
Callie is the main character. She comes off as a shy girl that holds everything in. She secretly wants help. But shes afraid everyone judges her. Her nickname is ST short for silent treatment. She would use anything to give her the release feeling of cutting. Sharp or not, she makes it work. She holds everything in, cutting is the only way out. Until she speaks.
Callies Psychiatrist
The book is told to her psychiatrist,.everyday in the beginning of "Sick Minds" as the patients call it, when she sees callie, she gets nothing. Callie sits there quietly. This is when she was still refusing help and cutting herself anyway possible. Later on in the book she gets help. she cut herself got no release and when to the lady at the desk for help. After that it was progress.
Callie is the main character. She comes off as a shy girl that holds everything in. She secretly wants help. But shes afraid everyone judges her. Her nickname is ST short for silent treatment. She would use anything to give her the release feeling of cutting. Sharp or not, she makes it work. She holds everything in, cutting is the only way out. Until she speaks.
Callies Psychiatrist
The book is told to her psychiatrist,.everyday in the beginning of "Sick Minds" as the patients call it, when she sees callie, she gets nothing. Callie sits there quietly. This is when she was still refusing help and cutting herself anyway possible. Later on in the book she gets help. she cut herself got no release and when to the lady at the desk for help. After that it was progress.
Sydney
Callies nickname originally formed from sydney. Sydney makes up the nicknames for everyone. She is also like the center peice. While the other girls may fight, sydney is always there for everyone and you can see it in her actions when she respects everyone .
Callies nickname originally formed from sydney. Sydney makes up the nicknames for everyone. She is also like the center peice. While the other girls may fight, sydney is always there for everyone and you can see it in her actions when she respects everyone .