Distraction Techniques and Alternative Coping Strategies

Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery

This practical information sheet outlines new ways of coping with difficult feelings and identifying and challenging the thoughts that lead to self-injury

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Updating Our Memorandum and Articles of Association

Statement from Self Injury Support's Board of Trustees
Our Listening Services are now OPEN!

We’re really pleased to announce that our volunteers are now fully trained, and our text and helpline emotional support services is open!
Self Injury Through Time (SITT)

A new theatre group for people with personal experience of self-harm - spaces still available until the end of March - sign up now!
Creative Collaborations

UK Support Groups and Other Services

Comprehensive listing of local and national self-harm and self-injury support groups and organisations
Casual Sex As Self Harm

For months I would go to the areas of town where lone women were told not to go. I would purposely go to the places and do the things that I knew were putting me at risk. I fooled myself into thinking I was in control, that it was a calculated risk. I wasn't finding people on a dating app, I wasn't going on blind dates or finding people through mutual friends. I was going to the bars that people would advise me to avoid and actively looking for a one night stand.
Text and Helpline Support Services to reopen on Mondays and Thursdays in February 2024
Where You Harm and What You Do
Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary
What if I don't want to stop self-harming?
Distractions and alternatives
About Us - Our Vision, Our Mission, Our Values

Read more about our vision that anyone who uses self-injury knows they are not alone; that everyone understands that self-injury is a complex and important issue we should all care about and that together we tackle both the causes and stigma of self-injury.
Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury
Reducing self-harm worksheet