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Ideas for coping with anger

Anger is a positive and constructive aid to survival. It provides us with boosts of both physical and emotional energy when we are in need of protection and healing.Read more

Self Care and Self Harm Spectrum

A list of activities and aspects of life which can all be carried out in ways which are more or less self-nurturing or self-harming with a scale to rate where you feel you are.Read more

Helpful responses to self-injury

Show that you see and care about the person in pain behind the self-injury - ideas for short and long term supportRead more

Ideas for coping with flashbacks

You are not crazy – flashbacks are normal and you are healing but flashbacks are powerful experiences which drain your energy - here are some suggestions for copingRead more

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Suicide Awareness Festive Fundraiser

Support the work of Self injury Support and the south west Zero Suicide Collaborative by contributing to the Festive Fundraiser

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Launch of Self-Harm Prevention App distrACT

Self injury Support was involved in the development of the distrACT a self-harm prevention app launched in Bristol in November 2017.

Self Injury Awareness Day 2018 Round Up

Our director Naomi talked to a mammoth 16 radio stations in one day on 1/3/18 to raise awareness around self injury.

Direct support services

Get support around self-harm and self-injury by phone, text, email and webchat

What is self-injury?

Understand more about self-harm and self-injury

Why does it happen?

Find out some of the reasons behind self-harm and self-injury

UK Support Groups and Other Services

Comprehensive listing of local and national self-harm and self-injury support groups and organisations

Rainbow Journal - Personal Self-Help Diary

Helpful responses to self-injury

Short and long term helpful responses to self-injury

Risk Factors

Learn about the factors that increase the risk of self-harm and self-injury

Exploring the concept of Borderline Personality Disorder

A one day training course involving discussion of Borderline Personality Disorder and best practice for support for someone with a BPD diagnosis.

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.

Working compassionately with individuals who use self-injury

A one day training workshop to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of self-injury and best practice for working with people who self-injure.