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Learn how to talk safely online about self-harm and suicide

With evidence-backed advice from suicide prevention experts.

#chatsafe gives you free tips to help you look out for yourself, your friends, and people in your communities when you talk online about self-harm and suicide.

Talking safely online about suicide

4 situations #chatsafe helps you with

1. If you’re talking online about someone who’s died by suicide

See our tips on how to recognise safe and unsafe content, and how to make sure content that you post is safe for yourself and those who see it. 1. If you’re talking online about someone who’s died by suicide

2. If you want to remember someone online who’s died by suicide

Learn how to create sensitive and safe content to help you remember someone who you’ve lost to suicide. 2. If you want to remember someone online who’s died by suicide

3. If you want to tell your own story online about self-harm, having suicidal thoughts, or mental health recovery journey

Read up on questions to ask yourself if you’re thinking about posting about your own story, so your content is safe for you and the people who see it. 3. If you want to tell your own story online about self-harm, having suicidal thoughts, or mental health recovery journey

4. If you want to respond to someone who you think might be having suicidal thoughts

Understand the options you have, and how to start, continue and finish a conversation with someone who’s posted something online that’s made you worry. 4. If you want to respond to someone who you think might be having suicidal thoughts

Free #chatsafe resources

Read the guidelines

Our detailed guidelines are made by suicide prevention experts, and they’re free to download.

Download the #chatsafe guidelines in English (Australia) and in 15 more languages.

See a sum-up of our key advice

#chatsafe's top 10 tips is a handy one-pager that you can download and print.

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Share a poster with support services

A free poster that shares a set of free mental health support services for young people. Available for young people in Australia and the United States.

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Support services

☎️ Australian online and phone support services 📔 Social media platform resources

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