Things to do Besides Self Harm

We all have our down days. I've been addicted to self-harm before and have mostly recovered. If I'd had this list before I started hurting myself I think it would have helped. Feel free to add to this list.

Things to Do Besides Self Harm

-          Dance

-          Read

-          Write

-          Draw

-          Paint (splatter paint especially)

-          Take a nap

-      Eat ice cream

-          Clean your room

-          Clean your closet (and then come out of it grandly)

-          Lift weights

-          Go for a jog

-          Play dress-up with clothes you never wear

-          Go shopping

-          Do curl-ups or push-ups until you can’t move

-          Call a friend

-          Go on tumblr

-          Watch youtube videos of kittens

-          Make kandi bracelets or other jewelry

-          Sculpt something with clay or play dough

-          Do your hair

-          Paint your face

-          Look at pictures of your favorite celebrity

-          Download new music

-          Play a harmless prank on a sibling or parent or roommate

-          Weed your garden (if you pull it up by the roots it’s like beheading someone with the spine still intact)

-          Sing

-          Paint your nails

-          Crochet or knit something

-          Google inspiring quotes. Write your favorite ones down.

-          Make a new poster for your room

-          Do your homework (sorry, had to put this on here, my mother reads this)

-          Do extra credit work (same for this too)

-          Read ahead in your textbooks

-          Research and write an essay on an interesting topic (why not, you never get this in school)

-          Write a parody of a song

-          Re-arrange your room

-          Make tinfoil jewelry

-          Play online games

-          Play solitaire

-          Play a shooting videogame

-          Watch DONG (Do Online Now Guys) on youtube until you find something to do

-          Learn a new form of art

-          Figure out new ways to wear old clothes

-          Role-play

-          Play with your pets

-          Hug yourself for a full minute

-          Research Buddhism

-          Meditate or do yoga

-          Photoshop random stuff

-          Make a sock puppet

-          Make all the clocks in your house say the same time

-          Bake a pie or cookies or brownies

-          Clean out your computer files

-          Make a list of things to do besides self-harm (and do them)