TW self harm, please no jokes about it, I just want advice

Some people already said other shggsstions but what helped me is making paper stars (search on tt for tutorial it's easy) every time I think of it. Makes my hand busy or sometimes I get clay or slime any thing I can stretch to ease my stress.   reply

A good thing to try is to have a hair tie or rubber band around your wrist and when you want to inflict pain to snap it against your skin, you still have a small pain sensation with none of the actual lasting harm. I really hope this helps. It is also important to find out what is triggering those responses and do your best to either minimize or av......   reply

Im not sure how well this could work but maybe try biting yourself really hard? Idk where the urge of sh comes from or what release people get from it but im guessing it’s the act of inflicting pain on yourself. Or maybe try to do something distracting like eating food or watching a show or reading something. Maybe even running a blunt object acr......   reply

Rather than the skin maybe try your hair or like try destroying something like a notebook or journal? this is what i do so i really don't know if it would work for you, sorry... hope you'll be alright   reply

Hi!! Not the best solution but the way I stopped was by developing a chronic nail biting habit instead lol. It’s honestly also bad to bite your nails, but it was much better than self harm so it was a win in my book.   reply