Self-harm can be a way of coping with overwhelming emotion, numbness, self-criticism, trauma, or distress. This check-in is designed to help route you toward support, not to score or judge your behavior.
This tool is designed for self-reflection and support navigation. It is not a diagnosis. Results should be interpreted in context, especially when symptoms are severe, persistent, or affecting daily life.
About the evidence: Project Semicolon original self-harm support-routing check-in. It is not a suicide-risk prediction tool.
Project Semicolon reviews assessment wording, scoring logic, safety routing, and source status separately from the directory experience. Custom check-ins are clearly distinguished from validated instruments.
We store the completed assessment type, result band, score when applicable, limited secondary signals, and basic engagement events for aggregate metrics. Raw question responses are not stored.
This assessment is a screening and support-navigation tool, not a diagnosis or substitute for professional medical care.
No. Many people self-harm without suicidal intent, but self-harm is still important and can increase medical and emotional risk.
If an injury is deep, will not stop bleeding, may be infected, involves an overdose, or you are unsure how serious it is, medical care is appropriate.
Yes. Urges often rise and fall. Creating time, reducing access, and getting another person involved can make it easier to get through a peak.
Yes. Several therapy approaches can help people understand and reduce self-harm by building safer ways to manage intense emotion.
