Alternatives to Self Harm
-Scribble funny things on people in a magazine.
- Tear apart paper. It’ll make you feel much better.
- Go to the gym and dance and exercise.
-Splatter paint.
- Write your feelings and then drench them in water and rip them. Or burn them.
-Slash across an empty piece of cardboard with a blade.
- Run your hands and arms under cold water.
- Take a hot shower.
- Crush ice.
- Meditate while listening to the rain.
- Hug a toy or pillow.
- Light a candle and watch the flame.
- Let yourself cry.
- Tell yourself,
“I don’t deserve to be hurt until you believe it.”
BY JENN FIND