MindScribe

My Safety Plan

A prioritized list of coping strategies and sources of support.

Why create a Safety Plan?

A safety plan can help guide you through difficult moments when you might be feeling overwhelmed or unsafe. Fill this out when you are feeling calm, so you have it ready when you need it.

1

Warning Signs

What thoughts, images, moods, situations, and behaviors indicate to you that a crisis may be developing?

2

Internal Coping Strategies

Things I can do to take my mind off my problems without contacting another person.

3

People & Settings that Provide Distraction

People and places that help take my mind off things.

4

People I Can Ask for Help

People I can trust to listen and support me.

5

Professionals or Agencies

Clinicians, local urgent care services, suicide prevention hotlines.