Resources for self-harm
If you have suggestions for resources, please send them to me via my Tumblr blog.
Safer self-harming & first-aid:
- Cutting the Risk (free book about sh harm reduction, first aid + anatomy info) (my favourite)
- More Accurate Diagram of Safer Spots For Self Injury , made by an EMT with a phlebotomist, a paramedic, and nurse. No image description.
- how to make butter fly bandages (image described)
- Harm Minimisation, a brief guide to harm reduction for self-harm
Avoiding self-harm:
- Calm Harm, an app that helps you “ride the wave” of self-harm urges. Free in the UK and US, charges may apply elsewhere.
- The Hurt Yourself Less Workbook (edited to remove some fatphobic language + images of self-harm, original here)
- Finding useful distractions/displacements, distractions and displacements
- more distractions/alternatives, even more distraction/alternatives
- more distractions/alternatives
- delaying self harm
- What if I want to stop?
- Why do I self-injure?, understanding why you self-harm can be important when trying to find how to stop or reduce self-harming.
Helplines & other supports:
- Self-injury Support’s (UK) webchat, phone, text, and email support services. webchat, phone, and text support have limited hours, see website. emails replied to with a week. (does not track ip/location, if identifiable info (i.e. name, location) about you or another person who is “is at risk of significant harm or death” or is hurting someone else is given it will be passed on (i.e. to emergency services))
- Self-injury Support support groups, for people 18+ who self-harm or support someone who does, available online via zoom or in-person in Bristol
- @Self-harm-harm-reduction on Tumblr, my blog.
- Alternatives to harmful crisis lines (USA focused, some resources available in Canada)
Other:
- Self-injury support (UK charity, lots of online resources)
- What is a self-harm harm reduction plan
- Self-harm report card, “this report card can be used if seeking treatment for an injury – for example given to health professionals”
- Self-injury Support’s resource library (resources not made by SiS found here, for resources by SiS check the “self-help info & resources” section of the menu)