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Understanding self harm

By headspace

What is self harm? Self harm refers to people deliberately hurting their bodies. Common types of self harm among young people include cutting (e.g. cutting the skin on arms, wrists or thighs), burning the ski...

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Self help for self harm

By ReachOut

In addition to other forms of support, self-help for self-harm can be useful in managing this habit; this includes releasing the energy or pent-up emotions that are driving you to self-harm in other ways and u...

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The difference between self harm and suicide

By ReachOut

Struggling with self-harm or thinking about suicide can be tough and lonely. Read on to understand what self-harm and suicidal behaviour is, how they are different and the kinds of help available.  This c...

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Gracie's story of Holding on to Hope after dealing with the early stages of bipolar

By LifeLine

Listen to this podcast ..Gracie Gribble is 19, funny, very smart, bubbly and bursting with ideas and dreams. But her life hasn’t always been like that. From the age of eight, Gracie was dealing with the early stag...

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Moving to get better psychological care and rebuild my life

By Jessica

I grew up a witness to family violence and that pushed me into severe mental illness. But my mum, the strongest person I know, always did her best to help and protect me. She's my best friend. When I was 15,...

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Questions to ask before giving up

By TINO Crew

Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up  We came across this fantastic list of questions and actions to take if things are feeling really awful and you just feel like giving up. It...

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Tune Your Mood

Our music section is about helping you to think about the positive ways and impact of your music engagement. What music is helpful? Which songs positively impact you? Which are perhaps not so helpful? Explore playlists other young people have created as a positive tool for certain times in their day...

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Activate Me

Music that presses your energy button and gets you up and moving. Explore playlists which other young people have created to help them get active ...

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Boost My Mood

Need a boost? Tune into these playlists full of music to lift you up! Explore playlists which other young people have created to give their mood a boost ...

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Have Timeout

Even when we can’t physically go somewhere different, music can still help us have timeout. Explore playlists which other young people have created to help them have some timeout...

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