Your safety plan
A safety plan is a short written list of what to do when things get bad — made now, while you can think, so that you do not have to invent it later, when you cannot. That is the entire idea. It works not because the contents are clever but because deciding in advance is far easier than deciding in the middle of it.
Fill in as much or as little as you like. There is no finished. Most people add to theirs over months, and the version that helps is usually the third or fourth one.
This stays on your device.
What you type is saved in this browser and nowhere else. It is never sent to us, we cannot read it, and there is no account. That also means it is not backed up — clearing your browser data will delete it, so print a copy or save a backup file once you have something worth keeping.
On a shared or monitored device, read using this site on a shared device first.
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Once you have written it
- Print it and put it somewhere you will see it. A plan inside a phone you are too flat to unlock is not much use. The fridge, a wallet, a bedside drawer.
- Tell at least one person on it that they are on it. People are almost always glad to be asked, and it makes the call far easier to make.
- Take a copy to your next appointment. This is a recognised clinical format — a GP, therapist or crisis team will know exactly what it is.
- Change it when it stops fitting. A plan that no longer matches your life is worse than none, because you will not trust it in the moment.