Suicidal Thoughts
Experiencing thoughts of suicide can be a frightening and isolating experience. Looking for help is the first step, and just by being on this page, you are already taking steps towards hope and recovery. We encourage you to tell someone how you’re feeling; this will help to ensure you get the support you deserve.
There are some resources available in the Self-Harm and Suicidal Feelings of this site, which you may find helpful. Please note that this isn’t immediate support, so if you feel you need support urgently, please call NHS 111.
Harmless is a service that provides support for people who self-harm or are having thoughts of suicide, and their friends and family too. You can self-refer via their website.
Self help resources
Harmless
Commissioned locally and provides support and information about self-harm to individuals who self-harm, their friends and families. Promotes health and recovery, reducing isolation and distress, and increasing awareness and skill in intervention.
Tel: 0116 309 0171
CalmHarm
An app to help distract a young person over the age of 13 from self-harming. They call it “riding the wave.” When the young person has an urge to self-harm or urges to self-harm they can go onto the app and choose to ride the wave. It allows you to select an activity type such as: comfort, distract, express, release or random. You can select which one you’re feeling and set an amount of time that you’re going to do the activity for. There is a long list of activities to choose from.
Shout
The UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. A place to go if you’re struggling to cope and need immediate help
Text ‘shout’ to 85258
BlueIce
An NHS approved app that helps young people manage emotions and reduce urges to self-harm. It includes a mood diary, toolbox of techniques to reduce distress and automatic routing to emergency numbers if urges to harm continue.
Other helpful resources
For a list of other helpful resources see our Useful links page.
Request support
Contact your GP (between 8am to 6.30pm) for a GP referral or if you require urgent help please call NHS 111 (option 2) and you can speak to a mental health clinician. Where there is an immediate, serious, and life-threatening emergency, call 999 or go to A&E.
There are some websites available in the self-help section which you can visit today.
