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  Here are the do's and don'ts when you know someone is depressed:  Do's Do let them know you are there for them Do stay calm Do be patient Do have empathy Do try to understand them Do take care of yourself before taking care of others (you can't take care of them if you aren't taken care of first) Do be supportive  Do always respect them Do be there for them when you can Do help them take care of any injuries (but only if they allow it) Do listen to them Do uplift them and try to make them feel better Do research Do maintain boundaries Do check on them Don't Don't force them to tell you or talk to you about it Don't judge them Don't force them to do anything they don't want to do Don't try to control them Don't ignore them completely but don't overly focus on them Don't call them attention seeking for being depressed Don't dismiss their feelings Don't try to push them to answer any questions you have and don't ask a m...

 Here are the do's and don'ts when you know someone is suicidal:  Do's Do let them know you are there for them Do stay calm Do be patient Do have empathy Do try to understand them Do take care of yourself before taking care of others (you can't take care of them if you aren't taken care of first) Do be supportive  Do always respect them Do be there for them when you can Do help them take care of any injuries (but only if they allow it) Do listen to them Do uplift them and try to make them feel better Do research Do maintain boundaries Do check on them Do call an ambulance if you need to (only if you need to, don't waste their time) Do stay with them if they are trying to kill themself (make sure they don't do it) Don't Don't force them to tell you or talk to you about it Don't judge them Don't force them to do anything they don't want to do Don't try to control them Don't ignore them completely but don't overly focus on them D...

 With everything, there are things you should know and do before doing said thing, witchcraft is no different.  Witchcraft isn't a toy or a game, witchcraft can do harm and damage as well as heal and good. So you should be careful with what you do with it. Witchcraft isn't evil, many people (especially christians) will say that witchcraft is evil. In reality, witchcraft is a tool. Tools can't be good or bad, they are just to help you do something, the person who uses them does good or evil with them. Like a hammer isn't evil. most people use a hammer to tin nails but some people have uses hammers to harm people and hit them with it, that doesn't make hammers evil, just the people are evil.  Real magic isn't like in the media, you may have seen or read The Craft, Snow White, Merlin, Hocus Pocus, Owl House, Enchanted, Practical Magic, Once Upon A Time, Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Love Witch, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Little Mermaid, Every Witch W...

  These are the dos and don'ts of how to handle someone self harming: Do's Do let them know you are there for them Do stay calm Do be patient Do have empathy Do try to understand them Do take care of yourself before taking care of others (you can't take care of them if you aren't taken care of first) Do be supportive  Do always respect them Do be there for them when you can Do help them take care of any injuries (but only if they allow it) Do listen to them Do uplift them and try to make them feel better Do research Do maintain boundaries Do check on them Do call an ambulance if you need to (only if you need to, don't waste their time) Don't Don't force them to tell you or talk to you about it Don't judge them Don't force them to do anything they don't want to do Don't try to control them Don't ignore them completely but don't overly focus on them Don't call them attention seeking for self harming Don't assume they will or wan...

Advice for baby bats.  So if you are reading this you are probably a kid or new to being alt/goth, either way, you might not know what to do or where to go. So here is what you should do first... Music, goth music is the most important thing, everything else is secondary. Go learn about goth music, find your favorite goth bands/songs. There are lots of goth bands, here is a list you can start out with and if you don't really feel interested in any then don't worry you can always go find other goth bands and see if you like them.  The Cure Siouxsie and the Banshees Sisters of Mercy Bauhaus Joy Division Skeletal Family Type O Negative Cradle Of Filth Opeth Goth fashion, so the entire point of alt fashion is to be yourself, wear what you want, don't try to look like anyone but yourself. So goth/alt doesn't have a look, someone can look like anything and they are alt. But there is also some things that alt/goth people go for when getting clothes and other things. Usually bl...