Try: put an elastic band round your wrist and ping it to cause a sting as an alternative method.
Use ice cubes – hold them in your hands
Step 1 = Use grounding exercises to help feel more grounded-(box breathing, senses exercise, plays back against the wall)
Step 2 = Distraction techniques. Look at ways to distract yourself from your current thought process.
Step 3 = Comfort, self-care and tried and tested ways to self soothe.
Step 4 = Reaching out to others. Who do you know that you can contact immediately?
Longer term = educate yourself on safe self-harm
Here are some emergency contacts:
SHOUT – text ‘shout’ to 85258 (UK wide). Open 24/7
Sane 0300 304 7000
Help with low mood, depression and anxiety
Samaritans 116 123. Support if you feel you are in a crisis
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