Help Lines
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"May you choose to see beyond life's storms, to uncover the blessings that the rain brings, and during all of life's twists and turns, may you always choose."
--Michelle Sedas --
Thrive Community Youth Network
Be informed, check out this site:
http://www.thrivecyn.ca/
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Kids Help Phone:
Telephone: 1 800 668 6868
or
Email: info @kidshelpphone.ca
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TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE CALL CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES OR CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLICE.
EASTERN REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
(709) 752 4238
After Hours: (709) 752 4619
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Mental Health Crisis Centre & Crisis Line:
Telephone: 1 888 737 4668
or
1 709 737 4668
Sexual Assault Crisis Line
Telephone 1 709 726 1411 or
1 800 726 2743
Victims Crisis Line
Telephone 1 800 267 5183
Poison Control Center
Telephone 1 709 722 1110
Smokers Helpline
Telephone 1 800 363 5864
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Telephone 1 800 709 7267
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC)
Telephone 1 709 729 8000
Crisis Intervention:
Here are a few web links and provincial telephone numbers that deal with Crisis Intervention:
Wings of Madness: A Depression Guild
Pandora’s Box: The Secrecy of Child Sexual Abuse
Stella Burry Community Services
Shelters in St.John's:
Choices For Youth - 752-4160
Elizabeth House - 726-0731
Howard House - 722-1848
Iris Kirby House - 722-0164
Naomi Center - 579-8432
NF Hostelling Association - 739-5866
Pleasant Manor - 739-7329
SA Wiseman Centre - 739-8355
Emergencies:
Addiction Services - 738-4919
Aids Committee Nf / Lab - 579-8656
Child Protection - 570-7819
St. John’s, NL - City Lock-Up - 729-1200
Communicable Diseases - 738-4882
Hospitals:
HSC - 777-6300
Janeway - 777-4222
St.Clares - 777-5000
Waterford - 777-3300
Other:
Kirby House - 753-1492
Mental Health Crisis Centre - 737-4668
Planned Parenthood - 579-1009
Pregnancy Distress - 722-1050
RCMP - 709-7267
RNC - 729-8000
Sexual Assault Clinic - 726-1411
Social Services Emergency - 729-3500
Victim Services- 729-0900
Bridges Program - 777-7715
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Reasons Not To Self Harm
- I don’t want scars
- It hurts other people
- It makes me feel guilty and a failure
- It is not natural to hurt yourself deliberately
- It doesn’t solve anything
- It adds to your problems
- It is damaging
- I am strong enough not to do it
- Once I am over it I can help others with better empathy
- It has run its course and I’m not going back now
- Cutting triggers memories of other bad times when I have cut
- I have better things to do with my time (e.g. eat chocolate)
- My fight will give strength to others who are struggling
- It doesn’t serve a purpose anymore
- I don’t like the awkward questions
- It makes me hate myself
- I don’t deserve to be hurt
- I can give myself rewards for not cutting
- I don’t want all my memories of my teenage years to be about cutting
- I don’t like the feeling the next morning when you remember what you’ve done
- Because it hurts!
- I must tackle the problem rather than avoid it
- I don’t like having to wear long sleeves
- The feelings that “I want to cut” are short urges that pass
- I am a beautiful person inside and out
- Self harm doesn’t heal the pain it only delays it
- I am hurting enough as it is
- I do not deserve to feel guilty any longer
- My life is worth everything
- Think of how long I have gone without cutting
- Every minute I don’t cut I am succeeding
- I might blunt the knife
- It is messy!
- I am worth more than that
- I hate having to break the news to people that I have cut and seeing people’s disappointment
- I am strong. I can and will get through this
- Self harm is the same as any other addiction - the longer I go the easier it will get
- If I can get through this I can get through anything
- What I’m going through is horrible but it’s only a short period of my life
- It is not a weakness to ask for help
- Gradually I will learn to recognise my triggers and understand myself better
- You’d never want your friends to cut so stop being a hypocrite!