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taavisplushies · 8 months

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Self Harm Alternatives

for anyone who needs it.

feeling angry?

cut up a piece of paper or cardboard

rip up a piece of paper or an old clothing item

squeeze a stress ball or something squishy

hold ice

dump cold water on your head

hit a punching bag or a pillow

have a pillow fight with the wall

go outside and break a stick

go outside and hit a tree with a stick

stomp around as hard as you can

go for a run

chew mint gum

cry

feeling sad?

take a warm bubble bath

hug a plushie or a pillow

talk to someone you love

play with a pet

watch your favorite show or movie

read your favorite book

make a list of things you enjoy

make a list of people you love

listen to happy music

go outside for a peaceful walk

try birdwatching

volunteer somewhere

engage in a hobby, even if you don’t feel like it

try a new hobby

clean your room or house

brush your teeth

cry

draw or color

feeling empty?

hold ice

take a cold shower

rub ice on your arm, face, etc

chew mint gum

focus on your breathing

make a list of everything you can see or feel

talk to a loved one

draw on yourself

dump cold water on your head

take a cold shower with your clothes on

lay in the grass

feeling guilty?

make a list of as many good traits about yourself as you can

think about it from a different perspective: if someone else did the same thing, would i want to hurt them too?

do something nice for someone else

volunteer somewhere

just enjoy self harming?

put stickers or band aids where you want to hurt yourself

draw on yourself with red ink or paint

draw a self portrait and draw what you want to do to yourself

talk about how you want to hurt yourself. include why and how.

think about the negative impact of self harm. think about how embarrassing it is to explain the scars, or how it could permanently damage your organs, etc

#self harm alternatives #mental health #not a plush #text

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gentlenurture · 8 months

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i made these!!

#self harm alternatives #mental health #advocacy #anxiety #depression #sh #tw sh related #tw s3lf harm #tw self destruction #tw selfhate #tw self destructive behavior #mental illness #ptsd

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noisypizzadream-ventaccount · 2 months

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#addiction awareness #addiction recovery #self harm recovery #self harm alternatives #cutting recovery #arawn

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sharkstuff · 11 months

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⚠️CW SELF HARM. Harry Potter paper(?)⚠️

I middle school I made wybie made this list for himself. it has a bunch of self harm alternatives that help him. Wybie jsut had to use one of th bc summer school is kicking his ass, making his mental health kind of spiral. If anyone )yourself, friends, family, a stranger, etc) needs this, here it is. Wybie also just thought of using a toothpick for the blade sensation, which is helping him currently as well.

PSA: Teese might not work for everyone, but they help Wybie a lot, and they may help you too.

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[START ID: a Harry Potter notebook paper. in red pen in it say " SELF HARM" as the title. Below is a list of 13 SH alternatives, also in red ink.

[Ice (w red food dye), Draw your feelings, go on phone, write, use red pen on skin, draw on yourself, vent to friends[WITH CONSENT], write feelings +burn paper, play volleyball, play video games, listen to music. (Items from top to bottom of list, 1-13). :END ID]

PLEASE reblog, it could save lives/srs,nf

wybie feels like many people know about alternatives but don't know specifics(in wybies thoughts)

Edit: sorry for bad typing/typos, wybie is shaking out of negative adrenaline/gen,srs

#sharkstuff #actually mentally ill #tw depressing thoughts #self harm alternatives

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brain-no-worky · 2 years

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Ummmm so i was just having urges and i managed to calm myself down a bit so I'm sharing this in case someone sees it and it helps them

Soo what i did was glue two sheets of paper together (i used red and a white one over it) and then cut that instead. Ngl, at first i thought it was silly af but it was surprisingly similar to the sensation i get cutting?? I destroyed that paper and it helped a lot.

Then bc i know getting artsy helps me i also decided to keep fucking the paper with red pencil and added red watercolor like "coming out" of the cuts and then did some collage once i was feeling better. Completely optional tho i just did it bc it helps ME to turn it into something pretty or meaningful i can look at or save with other drawings.

Soo i hope this helps someone <3

#tw sh #tw self harm #tw cutting #self harm mention #self harm alternatives

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slugass · 2 months

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adding “fucking up styrofoam objects” to my list of “things to do to relieve stress instead of s/h”

epic!!!

#self harm recovery #self harm mention #self harm alternatives #swearing cw #swearing

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arawnsworn0vate0poc · 2 months

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Supernatural and The Winchesters is a good series don't get me wrong, but straight up going into a near death experience and / or hurting yourself for magick purposes is horrifically dogmatic thinking please take care of yourself.

There is a difference between collective experiences in Fandom and religious activities. Parallel but not completely unseen from another angle.

#supernatural #the winchesters #CW #television #lord arawn #arawndeity #Arawnsworn #self harm alternatives #mental health #druidry #British Men of Letters #polytheism #chaos magick #spn #bmol

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br0kens0ul666 · 8 months

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I never wanted to be born, i am sorry.

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amoritasart · 7 months

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Ok I don’t know how to explain this but I think Philip might have initially carved the glyph symbols on his skin as a form of punishment?? Puritans had like, severe punishments , and they were very creative with their methods too. Whipping, public humiliation, branding… These people hanged real people for witchcraft .. I don’t think it’s a stretch to think Philip internalized these things as a kid and he grew up thinking if people do bad things they deserve to be hurt. Because like, I think of how he didn’t need to physically harm himself to do magic, he also didn’t have to literally cut off his ears (he wears a mask all the time anyway, has long hair, and concealment stones exist? ).

Like I’ve seen people say that he didn’t think it through and was kinda stupid (could very well be the case, or just impulsive), but knowing him I feel like suffering was the point? You want to learn and do magic like a witch, you will suffer like one too sort of thing. He didn’t spare Caleb for being in love with one. I don’t think he’d spare himself for becoming one.

#emperor belos #philip wittebane #the owl house #toh analysis #toh discussion #aftwards he kept doing it for control of these abilities but #of course the side effect of becoming a giant goop monster was not something he accounted for #tw self harm reference #but it was a welcome change considering the alternative was dying #belosfanstakeover #sorry this makes more sense in my head

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artofkhaos404 · 6 months

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In life, I believe we are all just addicts struggling with our drug of choice.

For some, it may be actual drugs. Meth, cocaine, heroine, marijuana... whatever suits them. For others it is alcohol or cigarettes or other tobacco products.

It may be pornography. Or self harm.

I have wrestled with my drug of choice for about four years. Indulging daily or weekly. I'm accustomed to counting wins by the day.

...

Tomorrow, I'm going out with some friends to celebrate two months clean. Eventually I may relapse back into my old habits, but that's not the point. The point is proving to myself that I am able. Recovery is possible.

I WILL NOT BE A SLAVE TO MY DRUG.

And I'll encourage you to adopt the same mantra. These addictions and this society that fuels them? It can't hold us. We are free.

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magpieddd · 1 year

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When you've been wanting an EC sigil your whole life and when you finally get it you just want to carve it out of your skin. Sad!

#self harm tw #<- better safe than sorry #what a week phew i hate it here #anyway if you're feeling bad just draw vent art while listening to lost kitten on repeat for up to an hour #it will not make you feel better but it's nice before lost kitten gets on your nerves so much that you want to throw yourphoneacrosstheroom #incredible song but i fear it's going to become unplayable sooner than expected #be quite and drive it's a great alternative but it's too overwhelming to listen to while sketching #it's better for coloring and shading #which i do every time a pope dies so ough #go listen to those two songs this is not a request this is an order #i want a review of them in my inbox at 11pm sharp hop hop #lost kitten is by metric #listen to it listen to it listen to it #toh oc #backup au #gatherer #the owl house #and the other song is by deftones #sh tw #tw selfharm #my mental health is so not great these past days hhhh more than usual #'grimm the sigil placement in the drawing is wrong' fuck you #grimm's art #blood tw

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noisypizzadream-ventaccount · 4 months

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70 days clean. I'm fine. Arawn lord of avalon is with me.

#tw self destructive behavior #addiction awareness #tw disordered content #self harm alternatives #self harm recovery #celtic polytheism #Arawndeity

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coffee-bat · 1 year

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crash 4 deleted scene

#crash bandicoot #neo cortex #dr. neo cortex #coco bandicoot #tawna bandicoot #alternate tawna #crash bandicoot 4 #yes the quality is bad on purpose don't yell at me /lh #shitpost #my art #time prison copypasta #self harm mention #injury mention #broken bone mention #i randomly remembered the copypasta/comic yesterday and it wouldn't leave my head #also i like to imagine that all this would have been going on with n tropy just. there. in the background. acting completely normal while #cortex is just freaking out doing whatever the fuck this is 💀

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divinepsychosis · 4 months

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SXICXDE KXNG

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stupot · 7 months

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One of the more bizarre things I have experienced is honest-to-god derision over being goth from other young adults. I'm talking, like, one or two times walking around my old college campus groups of students have laughed and yelled shit like "AYO SHE CUT HERSELF." Like HUH??? this is a real thing???? Not just cartoon bullshit??????? You are adults????? It's so baffling and silly that it completely fails to hurt my feelings. You people are acting like the antagonists in an Addams family movie

#self harm mention #aren't y'all on TikTok 24/7 I thought looking alternative was your jam #on the other hand a dude came barreling out of the thrift store on the bottom floor of my building while I was boarding a bus #yelling for me to stop and take his number because he was in a band or managed bands or some shit #that was. strange.

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soggypotatoes · 1 month

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not self harming sucks man. bc now I just feel sad and in pain all night and there's fuck all to do about it! I cuddle my cat and put rain ambiance on the tv and feed myself spaghetti. and the pain just stays there

how do y'all do it

#like i mean it's not *worse*?#and self harm makes it worse *in the long run*#but short term it just sort of nips that shit in the bud #do people really just. sit around in pain for hours. when they dont use harmful coping mechanisms lol #'oh well youre supposed to call someone or something' shut it.#ed mumbles #self harm /////#fr someone tell me im not insane for not experiencing any kind of improvement after doing the right things #im just telling myself over and over. im not self harming so it doesnt get worse in the long run.#don't pick up that habit kids. it's really fucking hard to accept that this is the alternative

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