YOU'RE NOT ALONE

Alternatives that give the illusion of seeing something similar to blood

Draw on yourself with a red pen or body paint, or go to a site such as, where you 'cut' the screen (be aware that some users may find this triggering, so view with caution) Cover yourself with plasters where you want to cut Give yourself a henna or fake tattoo Make "wounds" with makeup, like lipstick Take a small bottle of liquid red food coloring and warm it slightly by dropping it into a cup of hot water for a few minutes. Uncap the bottle and press its tip against the place you want to cut. Draw the bottle in a cutting motion while squeezing it slightly to let the food color trickle out. Draw on the areas you want to cut using ice that you've made by dropping six or seven drops of red food color into each of the ice-cube tray wells. Paint yourself with red tempera paint. 'Cut' your skin with nail polish (it feels cold, but it's hard to get off) Use red food coloring on your skin

Alternatives to help you sort through your feelings:

Phone a friend and talk to them Make a collage of how you feel Negotiate with yourself Identify what is hurting so bad that you need to express it in this way Write your feelings in a diary Free write (Write down whatever you're thinking at that moment, even if it doesn't make sense) Make lists of everything such as blessings in your life Make a notebook of song lyrics that you relate to Call a Write a letter to someone telling them how you feel (but you don't have to send it if you decide not to) Start a grateful journal where every day you write down three: good things that happened/ things that you accomplished/ are grateful for/ made you smile. Make sure the journal is strictly for positive things. Then when you feel down you can go back and look at it.

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