50 Alternatives to Suicide or Self-Harm
- Go for a walk
- Call a friend
- Call your parents
- Call Grandma
- Write your feelings
- Listen to music
- Ride your bike
- Go for a car ride
- Plan your dream vacation
- Bake cookies
- Prepare a 4-course meal
- Write a letter to yourself in the future, and read it in a year
- Put together a time capsule
- Play Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Sudoku, Cross Words, or another game
- Paint your nails
- Memorize the Greek alphabet
- Learn a new language
- Learn how to knit. Then knit a sweater
- Design a clothing or jewelry line
- Create a new recipe
- Get a haircut
- Paint your nails
- Watch TV
- Make a Pinterest board
- Buy a meal for a homeless person, and have a picnic with them
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter
- Adopt a dog
- Visit an animal shelter
- Learn to play an instrument
- Take a bubble bath
- Go shopping (or window shopping)
- Learn how to develop an app
- Go to the park
- Apply for an internship
- Take a free online course
- Look through old photos
- Create a playlist of some of your favorite songs.
- Read a book
- Plan a stay-cation
- Learn how to make a pizza from scratch
- Have a pillow fight
- Go to a food tasting
- Learn to play a new sport
- Take up yoga or meditation
- Perfect your "signature dish," then invite people over to try it
- Have a movie night, complete with pillow forts and popcorn
- Go to a concert
- Write a book
- Have a dance-off
- Drive around with your friends and sing at the top of your lungs with the windows down
Call 1-800-273-8255.
Be with someone else until you can find appropriate resources to stay safe.
Be with someone else until you can find appropriate resources to stay safe.