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Self-help
Pages that either help you after you have injured yourself or try to distract you so you don't hurt yourself.
Visit Mollykat's Safety Page for tips on how to keep yourself safe
First Aid
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First Aid Guide
The Mayo Clinic has guides on how to treat
bleeding and
burns.
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First Aid
MedicineNet's first aid guide has instructions on how to treat cuts and
burns.
- ALF Ambulance - First aid tips for cuts and burns.
- Cuts and Scarring - How to treat cuts and reduce scarring. Taken from a magazine, according to the author. Also see the tetanus information on the same site.
- Dealing with Bleeding - How to deal with bleeding if you have cut too deep.
Alternatives
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Distractions
Some suggestions for what to do instead of self injury.
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Shadows
A list of (mostly physical) activities to try instead of self injury.
- Alternatives - A short list of alternatives.
- Alternatives to Self-Injurious Behaviors - A long list of alternatives you can print out and read when you feel like you need to injure yourself.
- Freeing Yourself: Self-Help Strategies and Exercises - Another pages of ideas on how to find alternatives to self injury.
- Preventing Self-Injury/Suicide - A page you can print, fill out and read when you have the urge to injure yourself.
- Questions to ask yourself - Has a short description on how to develop alternatives to self injury.
- Things to do Instead of Hurting Yourself - A hundred things to do instead of injuring yourself.