Make a Safety Plan Home › Make a Safety Plan Step 1 of 9 11% A safety plan is a list of coping strategies and sources of support. A safety plan can help you to identify and understand what leads to a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide for you, and how to feel better when you have these thoughts. Safety plans work best when they are based on your personal experience and preferences. By answering just seven questions, you can create your own personalized safety plan on our website. You can then download it on a computer or mobile device or email a copy of it to yourself or someone in your life. My Warning Signs A warning sign is something you think, feel, do or experience when you feel overwhelmed or as suicidal thoughts are starting to develop. What do you experience (thoughts, behaviors, emotions, images, physical symptoms, actions) that are early signs of a mental health crisis for you?Warning sign:(Required) Warning sign: Warning sign: Additional warning signs (optional): My Coping Strategies Coping strategies are things you can do to take your mind off your problems without involving other people. What can you do for yourself to stay safe?Coping strategy:(Required) Coping strategy: Coping strategy: Additional coping strategies (optional): My Social Connections and Distractions Social connections are people, places or activities that can provide a distraction or help you take a break from the thoughts or feelings you’re experiencing. Distractions can help you step back and look at your thoughts/feelings differently, even if you don’t let others know that you are struggling.Social connection:(Required) Social connection: Social connection: Additional social connections (optional): My Support Support refers to people in your life that you ask for help during a crisis. These are people you will reach out to if you are in crisis and haven’t been able to resolve your concerns using coping strategies or social connections. List multiple people (in the order you would reach out to them). If possible, talk with them about being a support for you before you are in crisis.Name / Phone number(Required) Name / Phone number Name / Phone number Additional names and phone numbers: Professional Mental Health Help Professional mental health help includes mental health professionals, crisis services or other mental health services or support that you can contact during a crisis. Find local mental health crisis services here.Professional support / Phone number(Required) Professional support / Phone number Additional professionals My Environment This is about steps you can take to make the environment around you safe when you are struggling with your mental health, experiencing a crisis and/or considering suicide or self-harm. This includes safe storage of weapons, pills or other lethal means as needed.Safety step(Required) Safety step Additional safety steps My Reasons for Living When we’re really struggling, it can be hard to remember the good things in our lives. It can be helpful, though, to remind ourselves of something good in our lives… a reason for living even when it’s hard. It could be family or friends, a pet, work or volunteering, a favorite place or activity, a favorite season, or anything else.My reasons for living:(Required) What's your first name? (optional) If you choose to provide a name, it will be added to your plan.How do you want to save your plan?(Required) Email it to me and download it now Download now (no email) Email(Required) CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Based on Stanley & Brown Safety Plan
