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Distractions |
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Self Injury |
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Put on your favourite feel good song and dance around your room like an eejit to it. |
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Watch re-runs of your favourite TV programme or film for ages. |
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Ring a helpline like the samaritans to talk to someone about your urges. |
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Organise your work, school work, Cd collection, anything that could be organised. |
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Scribble over your arm with a red felt tip pen. It isnt blood but it may satisfy you enough. |
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Put an elastic band around your wrist to play with. |
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Make yourself mega comfy, lie on your bed surrounded by all things cuddly. |
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Clean your room, clean the whole house! Get rid of some energy! |
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Allow yourself to cry those tears that you may be stopping yourself from crying. |
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Get out of your present situation - go for a walk, run, to a friends house etc. |
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Begin designing a website on the net to keep yourself busy. |
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Write down some thoughts and feeling, maybe in the form of poetry. |
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Try to wait 15 minutes and see how you feel then. Then try and wait another 15 minutes. |
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Take a bath or a shower. |
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Focus on your breathing. Deep breaths in and breathe out slowly - calm yourself. |
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Read something funny - jokes, comic - this releases endorphins - feel good hormones. |
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Scream from the top of your lungs to get rid of frustration. |
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If you have a pet go and play with it or stroke it - it can be comforting and soothing. |
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Go shopping and buy yourself a wee treat. |
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Run some errands for your parents or neighbours. |
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Make a little dance routine for yourself. |
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Orientate yourself - I am in my bedroom, its eg. Jan 2004, I am alive, I am ok. |
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Make a list of your favourite things - smells, foods, music, movies, flowers, shops. |
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Make as many weird noises or odd faces as you can in 10 seconds - try again and again. |
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Hopskotch! Throw an item and hopskotch over to it - repeat as you desire. |
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Make a list of dreams - things you want to do, places to see, things to buy etc. |
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Make something to eat |
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Beat up a pillow or two - they could become your worst enemies for a few hours :) |
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Masturbate - it can get rid of stress |
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If there are kids in your street go and watch them play - it can be quite relaxing |
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Go to the park and swing |
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Draw all over yourself, you could use a red marker or just a normal pen |
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Count how many times you can jump in a minute |
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Read this list again and again and again. |
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Printable Version |
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Use the Websites below for some distraction! |
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