If you're thinking about self-harming, have self harmed and want to access professional help, or if you know someone who might need support, there is always someone you can speak to. Below are listed various websites and apps that you can go to for help.
Young Minds is an organisation who work to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of young people in the UK, by promoting better mental health and providing resources.
They have a network of support which includes crisis help for those in need of urgent support, information surrounding understanding mental health, and advice for parents who may be worried about a young person.
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For urgent help as a young person in crisis: Text YM to 85258 for 24/7 support (free from various networks)
For urgent help as an adult in crisis:
Call the Samaritans free helpline, open 24 hours, 365 days a year on 116123
If its an emergency and there is risk to life be it your own or someone else’s call 999.
Self-Injury Support is there to provide support and advice for women and girls who self-harm, and to increase knowledge and understanding of self-harm as a complex issue in order to tackle causes and stigma surrounding self-injury.
Their support resources include distractions and alternatives, how to manage thoughts and feelings, getting medical aid for wounds, self help ideas and strategies, as well as a library of useful, reliable and up to date resources from around the web.
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Phone Helpline: 08088008088
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Text Support: 07537432444
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Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 7pm-9:30pm
For free, confidential, non-judgemental, emotional support.
Harmless is a national voluntary organisation which is designed to respond to the needs of people who do, or are at risk of self-harm and suicide. They provide services to support those who are self-harming, their friends and their families.
They offer 1 to 1 face to face support with qualified therapists and project workers, alongside drop-in sessions, email and skype support. They have a broad range of information on advice, understanding self-harm, how to help yourself, alternative coping strategy suggestions and how you can help somebody who self-harms.
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The DistrACT app gives you discreet access to information and advice about self-harm and suicidal thoughts, created by doctors and experts in self-harming and suicide prevention. It's a mobile resource made for young people, with advice on managing difficult feelings, support by health professionals for between/before appointments and is a resource to help young people feel less alone.
The Calm Harm app offers tasks for you to complete to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm. Activities come in the form of distraction, comfort, expressing yourself, releasing, and breathing. You can track your progress, and personalise your app to suit your needs. Calm Harm focuses on helping you to identify and manage your ‘emotional mind’ and teaches impulse control.
​Hub of Hope app brings national mental health services together in one place. It uses the location of your web browser or postcode to allow anyone, anywhere to find their nearest source of support for any mental health issue. There are more than 1,200 validated support networks registered on the app.