A safe place is a place that you have access to daily that you can go wind down, relax, cope, escape. It must be free as possible of triggers.

My place is in the woods. I can sit ther and here nothing but nature. I can focus on my breathing, the smells, sights, sounds of nature. There is no common life there. Just peace.

[ickydog2006]

My safe place is in teacher's offices, (my favorite one is Flores' office, but if it isn't open I'll find another one). I feel as if it is a betrayal to them to hurt myself in their office so I don't crave as badly when I'm in there. It gives me a chance to just sit, breathe, talk if needed, and not have to be so on edge about craving. It's like a time for me to regroup enough to face the world again and resist cravings.

[Rose3]

used to be at an art gallery
or out at the university

today I didn't feel like I had a safe place, but maybe that's
because this is a busy week generally for everybody
and my stuff just adds to their load

maybe my safe place right now is - time
and the new book that I purchased from a seller on eBay

that gives me a good feeling - my first time purchasing something from eBay and it arrived yesterday - it makes me feel reassured that there is goodness

[InACorner]

go figure my safe place is in the bathroom

but because it is a safe place i do SI in there most of the time...its not triggering...its just safe to ..let go...because its locked and i can see all four walls and i dont have to worry or anything ...just breathe...

[Mouse_]

my bedroom where I journal and read and escape for the day to day routine of surviving/living.

[debbie_tabor]

My bedroom. It's next to the front door, a bathroom and the kitchen so I can slip in and out usually without seeing anybody. I have my laptop and TV and Netflix DVDs. Big cushions on my bed so I can sit up against the wall, or lie down. I can see when the sun's shining through the window. It's comfortable (if somewhat messy) and safe from the world.

[Christina86]

Interesting question!

I like being outside in the sun near trees and grass and whatnot. Only a few good places on campus like that. If I can't do that, there's my chaplain's office who I can go visit and we can just sit (he knows about the SI, so he's fine with me dropping in to talk etc)

[Rapunzel]

At my old house, my bathroom was my safe place (although it was also where I kept my knife). It was a big bathroom with a big round tub, and plenty of space, and cupboards where I had some of my stuff - papers, books, chocolate, etc. And there was a built-in vanity desk, and I liked to sit in the space under the desk. I don't have a place like that here. Under my desk at work is sometimes tempting, but I don't dare sit under my desk there. I have a client who likes to sit there though. My back deck can be a nice place, with the big trees around it, and view of the animals in the pasture. It's just not very private.

<font color="#000088">My only safe place is the beach, the ocean beaches, not beaches from lakes! It's the waves crashing, and the sounds of the seagulls, my bare feet in the sand. The beauty of the palm trees, and the ocean view. That's my safe place!
Here in Utah,I can't get to my safe place! </font>

[untold27]

Oddly enough. Once when I was fighting the urge, I sat in my car at work. That place, for whatever reason. Means a lot to me.

my bed, under the duvet, listening to music on my mp3 player.

also my poems, i feel safe when I'm writing most of the time. i also go to a garden full of calm and surrounded by a stone wall. i was given the site which is a relaxation site
by someone here and i'm so thankful. It has a fountain and a hammock and you can hear the water running in the background. it really works,i nearly fall asleep half the time.

Jin xoxoxoxxo