Self-help ideas for young
women who self-injure

The following links give ideas for things that might help if you are feeling like you might want to self-injure:

The BCSW leaflet written for and by young women who self-injure. Click here to view the leaflet.

Writing exercises are a way of expressing feelings and can also distract you from wanting to self-injure. Click here to view some writing exercises.

The self-harm spectrum gives a way that you can think about self-care and self-harm two sides of the same coin. You can look at your behaviour and think about ways to promote your own self-care.

The Rainbow Journal is a book aimed at helping young people move from self-harm to self-care. It has blank pages for writing about feelings and for drawing. It includes artwork, quotes and poems by young people who self-injure. Individual copies are free when ordered by under 18's. It's £8 if you are 18 or over. To print off an order form click on the image below.

Self-help for Self-injury is a booklet is for any woman who is struggling with self-injury. It aims to help a woman to understand and tackle what causes her to want to hurt herself. Price £5

Copies can be ordered by printing off our publications list and selecting this publication. Click on the image to download a publications list.

To download some of these documents you will need Adobe Reader. If you don't have it on your computer, you can download it free. Click on the image.