If you have harmed yourself or are thinking about it, you can ask for care. Your physical and emotional needs both matter, and you do not have to take a test before getting help.
If your life is at risk, you have seriously harmed yourself or you cannot keep yourself or someone else safe, contact local emergency services or go to the nearest emergency department.
Selfmora cannot respond to emergencies, monitor your safety or send help. You can leave this page and contact support directly.
Call or text 988. Suicidal crisis or emotional distress in the United States.
24 hours a day, seven days a week. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to an emergency department.
NIMH support information What to expect from 988Call 111. Select the mental health option for urgent mental health advice in England.
24 hours a day, seven days a week. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999 or go to an emergency department.
NHS urgent support informationContacts checked against linked official guidance on 8 October 2026. A service’s response process can vary; ask about confidentiality and its limits. These numbers are for the locations labeled.
Outside these locations? Find your next support routeSelf-harm means intentionally injuring or harming yourself. Support is available whether this has happened or you are having thoughts or urges.
A health professional can address physical care and talk about distress and the surrounding circumstances. You do not need to decide whether an injury is “serious enough” to ask for advice.
Emergency or urgent support when needed
Advice and treatment for an injury
Distress, context and support needs
A plan and follow-up you can ask about
A fictional starting point: “I am struggling with self-harm and need help with my safety and how I am feeling.” You can say this aloud, write it or ask a trusted person to help you contact care.
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Ways to describe a need, not a risk checklist.
You need advice or care for a physical injury.
You want help with urges or thoughts of self-harm.
You would find a written opening easier than saying everything aloud.
You would like someone to explain what an assessment involves.
A professional can ask about your wellbeing, circumstances and what support is needed. You can ask how the conversation works and about confidentiality and its limits.
NICE advises against using risk scales to predict suicide or repeated self-harm or to decide who receives treatment. This hub offers no low, medium or high risk score.
Urgent help, injury care or someone to talk to.
A written opening or an explanation of the appointment.
Ask who you can contact and how follow-up works.
Explore a tool, prepare a conversation or find someone to talk to. Choose what feels useful to you.
Use the free guides to learn what to expect or find someone to talk to. If you need urgent help, go straight to the country-labeled support contacts.
Find urgent supportA few prompts to help you explain what you have noticed and what you would like help with.
You decide how much to write and share.
Find your wordsExplore where to begin with everyday support, professional help or an urgent conversation.
If you need urgent help, go straight to support.
Find supportYou might contact a health professional or listening service and say that you need support with self-harm. If you need urgent help, use the routes at the top of this page rather than waiting to prepare notes.
“I need help with self-harm and how I have been feeling. Can you help me get care and explain what happens next?”Make it sound like you
You can read just the answer you need.
You can begin with the fact that you need help. A health professional can explain what information is relevant to medical care and support.
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Use this hub to learn and prepare questions. It does not diagnose you or recommend a personal treatment plan. By Selfmora editorial; sources checked . Updated .
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