DISTRACTIONS TO SELF - INJURY
<If you know of any others please email us>
*  Phone a friend
*  Text a friend
*  Email a friend
*  Phone a helpline
*  Email a helpline
*  Talk to a 'responsible adult'
*  Email a 'responsible adult'
*  Phone a partner
*  Text a partner
*  Email a partner
*  Go On The Internet
*  Watch tv
*  Watch a video
*  Watch a dvd
*  Record your own video
*  Listen to music
*  Play a musical instrument
*  Draw
*  Paint
*  Make objects with clay
*  Make objects with playdough
*  Get a elastic band and pring it into your wrist/arm
*  Hold ice
*  Draw on yourself in red pen
*  Mix red food coloring with water and 'paint' it on your skin
*  Rip up a phone directory
*  Go for a walk
*  Go for a run
*  Go swimming
*  Go to the gym
*  Walk a pet
*  Punch a pillow
*  Punch a punch bag
*  Scream into a pillow
*  Run up and down a flight of stairs
*  Write what you can immeadiatly sense <use all your senses>
*  Go visit a relative
*  Go visit a friend
*  Try to sleep
*  Dye your hair
*  Get a piercing
*  Get your hair cut
*  Make PomPoms
*  Rip material
* Pop bubble wrap
*  Pop virtual bubble wrap
*  Go to a+e/er and ask to talk to the duty worker
*  Pray
*  Have a nice bubble bath
*  Have a shower
*  Do some gardening
*  Relaxation
*  Get a massage
*  Have reflexology
*  Write a letter to the person who has upset you <but don't send it>
*  Write yourself a letter
*  Write a poem
*  Clean your place of living
*  Go for a drive
*  Send us an article for this site
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