Things to distract people from hurting themselves

• Grow a plant from seeds
• Watch a film
• Sing very loud
• Make something with origami
• Contact family and friends
• Try aromatherapy
• Write a letter
• Go camping
• Have a bubble bath
• Invite a friend round/out for a drink
• Bake a cake
• Go fishing
• Plan a holiday
• Chat to friends online
• Play solitaire
• Go shopping
• Buy yourself a special present
• Eat your favourite food
• Volunteer in a homeless shelter
• Read a book
• Do something crafty - knitting etc
• Make a hot drink
• Feed the ducks/squirrels/birds
• Go ice skating
• Look at photographs
• Go to a museum
• Dance
• Pop bubble wrap
• Clean/ tidy up
• Cuddle a teddy
• Visit a hospice/old people's home
• Trace your family tree
• Go to an exercise class
• Build a card tower
• Decorate your home
• Write a poem/story
• Do some gardening
• Write a diary
• Go swimming
• Paint or draw a picture
• Play with bubbles
• Stroke or play with a pet
• Go jogging
• Learn to play a musical instrument
• Ride a bike
• Make and fly a paper aeroplane
• Go for a walk/ride/drive
• Make contact with an old friend
• Volunteer at an animal shelter
• Listen to music
• Enrol in a part-time college course
• Light a candle
• Go horse riding
• Plan your perfect house
• Play a game
• Cook a nice meal
• Write a Xmas/Birthday list
• Visit a zoo/city farm/farm park
• Get a massage
• Plan a special evening for a friend
• Go to the cinema
• Join a gym
• Play golf

*Instead of self harming...almost anything is better...even sleeping*

 

Facebook
www.facebook.com

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

Google Search UK
www.google.co.uk

Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages.

Yahoo Search UK

www.yahoo.co.uk

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Home Page – Search the web and the Yahoo! Web Directory, sign up for a free Yahoo! email account and find the latest from Yahoo!

Google Earth

earth.google.com

Free download for your computer offering maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.  See your house from space!

Activities in Glasgow/Scotland

Cineworld
www.cineworld.co.uk
Book online or see reviews of upcoming films in Glasgow

Odeon Cinema
www.odeon.co.uk

Book online or see reviews of upcoming films in Glasgow

Whats On - Glasgow Diary
www.glasgow.gov.uk

Find out whats on in Glasgow and download the latest Glasgow Diary, full of all events being held within the city.

The List
http://www.list.co.uk/

The List is Scotland’s best selling entertainment, events and lifestyle magazine.

It is the essential guide to what’s on in Glasgow and Edinburgh covering film, music, theatre, comedy, clubs, art, sport, books, gay life, travel, shopping, food, drink and much, much more.

Absolutely Scotland
www.absolutely-scotland.co.uk/

Absolutely Scotland brings you the "ultimate stress-free zone" -
The Great Outdoors - with an exceptional range of challenging and fun activities in some of the most stunning countryside in Scotland.

Sport

Sky Sports Homepage
www.skysports.com
Keep up to date with all sports.

Setanta
www.setanta.com

Homepage of Setanta sports.

Rangers Football Club
www.rangers.co.uk

The official website of Glasgow Rangers Football Club.

Celtic Football Club
www.celticfc.co.uk

The official website of Celtic Football Club.

Partick Thistle
www.ptfc.co.uk

The official website of Partick Thistle Football Club.

Scottish Rugby
www.scottishrugby.org
The official website of the Scottish Rugby Team.

Planet Rugby Magazine
www.planet-rugby.com

Full of up to date information on all things related to Rugby.

Tennis Magazine
www.tennis.com

The official homepage of the Tennis Magazine.

Music

Carling Academy Glasgow
http://www.carlinglive.com
The Carling Academy website provides dates of up coming gigs, box office and travel directions.

Clyde 1 Radio
http://www.clyde1.com

Information and advice from Clyde 1 fm website.

King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut
www.kingtuts.co.uk

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut is one of Glasgow's leading concert venues, renowned in Scotland as an exciting showcase for new and emerging bands and as the venue that supported some of the UK music industry's biggest names at the start of their careers.

Film

Empire Magazine
www.empireonline.com
See how the latest film releases are rated in the Empire Magazines homepage.

The following is from lifelink.org.uk: Alternatives to Self Harming Sometimes an alternative activity can act as a substitute for self harming behaviour; at the very least some of the following activities can act as a distraction.  This can be very useful if you are feeling particularly self destructive and possibly could end up hurting yourself more than you may have originally wanted to. Depending on the type of emotions you are feeling different types of activities will help: Frustrated, angry, restless Make something that represents what you are angry at.  Then rip, tear or cut it Punch or kick a pillow or something similar Using an old shirt or plastic bottle or heavy card and slash this with the instrument that you would normally use on yourself Go for some physical activity – run, walk, jog, tennis Hit a punch bag Rip up an old phone book, newspaper or unwanted book Yell, Scream, Swear with or without other activities - good release of emotions Draw a picture of yourself and draw on what you want to do to yourself with red pen, rip up the picture afterwards if you want Put on loud music and dance about Clean your house / room Depressed, sad, unhappy, soft, melancholy Take a warm bath use bubbles / bath oil / candles Listen to relaxation tapes or soothing music Call, or go and see a friend Make yourself a warm drink and curl up under a blanket, watch T.V. or read a magazine/book Feeling unreal, dissociating, craving sensation, feeling depersonalised Put a rubber band on your wrist and snap it Put ice against parts of your body you want to burn Squeeze ice very hard Hold ice against your teeth Take a cold shower Bite into a hot pepper Put fingers into frozen food Focus on the feeling of breathing – chest and stomach movements Wanting Focus Do a task that requires concentration Eat a piece of fruit / raisin slowly, thinking about the food that you’re eating, the whole process from picking it up through to having swallowed it – touch, taste, smell, size, shape, colour, uses Pick a subject on the internet and research everything you can about it Look at an object and think of all the different uses it could have Wanting to see scars or pick scabs Get a henna tattoo kit, leave the paste overnight and you can pick it off the next day it will leave a stain. With any desire to harm yourself it is sometimes helpful to play a game with yourself that you are not going to harm yourself for 15 minutes, and then you can, and then once that 15 minutes is up see if you can go do another 15 minutes and see how long you can do this.