Apart from this song, heres some advice:

Although when you generally think about self-harming, it is pretty much hard for you to focus on anything else or think about other things to do to cope healthily and thats especially for people who've done self harm for a very long time.

But generally when people typically think about doing it (including me), of course just try to do these if you feel these emotions while wanting to cope by self harming instead.

• If you're angry:

-Let that negative energy all out by running outside or doing other exercises, yes some people on this site no life like shit in there, but for the love of God going outside is free and only takes a couple of limbs assuming that all of you guys have arms and legs.

-Buying some stress free items (For example stress balls) may be considered childish, but it's a good way to distract yourself from doing other bad things to yourself. As a person with ADHD it is genuinely distracting and makes me forget that I even feel like wanting to do it myself.

-Hitting cushions also is pretty cool. Im assuming you all got cushions on your bed to punch on unless you guys decided to afford a phone to make your lives more miserable.

• If you feel sad

-Crying is not something illegal to do, especially when you're a guy as well. You don't need to listen to what the fuck society says because sometimes you don't need to man up a little in your life and just let it all out since a good cry can reduce stress from the chemicals it releases out of your body which are endorphins.

-Writing down your emotions on a notebook isn't such a bad idea too, you can do it in any way you'd like to write it as long as you have paper and a pencil/pen at least.

-Listen to calming music like sounds of rain/thunder/nature sounds, this also applies with white noise or also songs generally with cheerful instrumentals and positive lyrics.

-Asking your friend if you can have a little talk is always alright. (Hopefully you guys have friends at least ) you aren't a burden just for expressing how you feel because everyone in fact has feelings. If you dont have feelings then you're just an edgelord.

-Try a breathing exercise, breathe in through your nose for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 2 seconds and then breath out for 7 seconds.

• If you feel overwhelmed/numb

-Literally for the love of God don't go cutting yourself just because you feel numb, instead rub ice cubes on your skin. It seems like a stupid idea but it really isnt because it promotes sleep and offers temporary relief that eases anxiety.

-Watch some funny stuff on social medias or youtube. A good laugh can just make you forget why you were feeling negative in the first place.

-This seems childish but who the fuck cares, you can use a grounding exercise with your five senses using these steps. Simply just focus on what's in your surroundings and name:

5 things you can see

4 things you can feel

3 things you can hear

2 things you can smell

1 thing you can taste

• If you feel alone:

-Go somewhere which is safe and public for example a park, you can invite your family members/friends/partner or you can also take your pet for a walk there if you have one.

-Calling your friend/family member can genuinely be helpful since it makes you realise that you don't have only yourself in your life.

-Listen to other people's stories on podcasts or videos and observe their experiences in their lives, this helps you realise that you arent the only person with the same struggles and that if that person handled that struggle by doing this certain advice then you could too.

-Call a helpline please. Self-harming shouldn't even be normalized nor should it even be encouraged, you should always google your helpline and feel free to copy and paste your helpline number in your device's notes or write it in your notebook or on a paper.

• If you feel ashamed to the point where you deserve to be punished:

-Realise that everyone makes mistakes, everyone is in the SAME LEVEL as you and that we are all human with the same consciousness. Failure and making mistakes is always okay and it's a lesson that life gives you so you avoid to do it all over again. Even if it seems like a whole loop for you, it's because that you haven't analysed the full patterns of why you keep on experiencing it, so try to learn how to realise it's patterns so you could realise the mistakes.

-Spend less time with people with a bad influence, sometimes people make you feel ashamed just to get a reaction from you/so they can feel good about themselves/so they can try to bring you down, in conclusion, there are people in our lives that try to manipulate us to make us seem like bad people. Obviously as well just try to spend more time with people who care about you since they help you develop well and distract yourself from awful thoughts.

• If you feel like you hate yourself to the point where you can't accept it so you hurt yourself:

-Fake being positive to yourself till you make it, or fake it till you make it. Look yourself on the mirror and think to yourself "I am actually really nice looking, I can for sure kick some ass!" or however you guys do it .

-Everyone has flaws in their lives, but obviously you only tend to look at the bad features on yourself because you are used to how you look because from all your lives you looked at yourself the most. You can try to take a picture of yourself, block out the feature that you hate the most and admire the rest of the features that you love on your face and body, you can brag about it, glorify it and whatever else that makes you feel good that is healthy to do.

-If you hate yourself mentally though, theres always time in your life for improvement, people's personalities including yours can always change from time to time as well, like days, weeks, months, it is clearly enough time to learn how to love and care for yourself.

• Apart from all these

-Get rid of all the items you use to harm yourself. Yes its easier said than done, but realise that the longer you have these things, the more you put yourself in hot water, if you don't do the right action then why complain since it doesn't even give an outcome in your life?

-Do something you love to do, like a hobby that you're experienced in for example sketching, running, sports etc.

-Write a safety plan so you avoid self harming more. For example:

First, writing down what you think that makes you want to self harm

Second, list down the coping strategies which are safe and helpful for you.

Third, list a way your family/friends can help you and support you in the way you want it to be and to inform them so you get what you want.

Lastly, and most importantly to not forget, contact details of your doctor or helpline.

-Do what's called "riding the wave" which is a way to delay self harm. It can be hard to delay self harm so starting with small amounts can help, like trying to wait 30 seconds before you self harm, if you succeed then wait 30 seconds again, you can later increase the time and repeat it until you conclude that you don't want to do it.

Oh yeah most importantly also you definitely don't want to fuck yourself up as much as Nickocado Avocado did himself.

Carrot is out now, remember that cutting is bad.

good job

watch with volume. definitely one of the saddest videos i’ve seen.

Her mother holding her split open arm

They're okay apparently

More information as to why they tried to kill themselves infront of their family:

@russy

Tatbir, also known as Zanjeer Zani or Qama Zani, is a tradition by Shia Muslims where they would hit themselves with swords or whip themselves with chains or knife-whips until and sometimes even after they lacerate themselves deeply and sometimes get sword carvings into their scalp and skull in order to remember and feel the pain that the Shia Muslim prophet Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ), the grandson of Mohammed, felt during the battle of Karbala on October 10, 680 (Or, as according to the Muslim Hijri calendar, 10 Muharram, 61 AH). The battle resulted in the death of Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, many of Husayn's family members taken prisoner, and the start of the second fitna by the Umayyad Caliphate's army led by Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (Arabic: يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان).

This tradition isn't accepted in most of the Shia community, though the largest sector of Shia Islam (Twelver Shi'ism) practices it they don't always practice in the violent and bloody way as it's shown in many videos and pictures. It's actively contested by many Shia clerics, since self-harm is considered haram in Islam many modernist clerics deem the practice of tatbir as impermissible. But most religious authorities associate all forms of self-flagellation and blood-letting as ways to relate to painful deaths during the battle of Karbala by Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib and supporters. Many well known clerics including Ruhollah Khomeini and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei state that it's permissible to practice tatbir, though a lot of clerics including Ali Khamenei and Naser Makarem Shirazi state that it is forbidden and unnecessary especially if it induces harm. Many Shias who celebrate and practice the tradition and don't want to cause immense harm to themselves instead beat on their chests or hit their heads with their bare hands instead of using swords or whips on themselves. Though some don't even recommend beating oneself and instead people like Iraqi sociologist Ibrahim al-Haidari and the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, called for the abandonment of how Tatbir is practiced and called for it to be replaced with Shias making blood donations. Many went along with this sentiment, an example would be how a man named Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine established a blood bank in Najaf, Iraq to donate blood on Ashura day to patients who need it in replacement with regular Tatbir.

The tradition is always celebrated on October 10th, or 10 Muharram depending if you're using the Hijri calendar, and on the 40th day after Ashura which is known as Arba'een (Arabic: الأربعين), or in Persian as Chehelom (Persian: چهالم), which both literally translate to fortieth.

The tradition is celebrated and practiced all around the Middle East including Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan (Though it has either remained underground or no one practices anymore due to the Taliban), Pakistan, and India. Iraq is the main country in the Middle East to have the largest congregation of people celebrating Tatbir almost every year. The tradition has moved into western countries as well, with Shias in western countries including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany. Though in the western countries many practice the harmful part in mosques or private residences, some do it in public or publicly yet secluded areas.

Photos:

Videos:

suicide attempt

the person in the video stayed alive, they were admitted but I don't know if they went to the hospital theirself or someone saw they and called an ambulance/took them to the hospital

(I use translator btw)

I'm not encouraging suicide! if you have suicidal thoughts, seek medical/mental help! find a psychologist and vent. remember, your life matters!

i gotta get like this guy

enjoy :)

988twt is going batshit about this at the moment so i thought i’d upload this here.

bvnnyctz was a member of shtwt (self harm twitter) who uploaded photos of her cuts and thoughts in her daily life for her followers to see and one day she uploaded this! It existed for a while but it only got popular recently despite the original bvnnyct account being suspended on Twitter. She no longer seems to be active on her alt account or any Twitter accounts.

SEVERE SELF HARM!

Whole Blog-Posts of her can be found on here:

https://archive.ph/FmxGS

a little retarded to do that considering its obviously not a suicide attempt and now she will have to live with constant pains and lowered mobility