If you are thinking about harming yourself or may be in immediate danger, seek urgent help from local emergency services or a crisis helpline, and move to a safer place if you can do so without increasing the risk. This page explains whether women’s shelters in Pakistan can provide temporary protection from family abuse, how to contact one, and how to leave safely.
Yes. If you are an adult woman, a women’s shelter may be able to offer temporary safe accommodation, food, and help making a safety plan. Entry rules differ, so a bed cannot be promised, but this is a suitable place to ask for help.
Because you are thinking of harming yourself, do not stay alone right now.
What your mother is doing is not your fault. Accidents do not make you cursed, and repeated blame and shame can leave anyone feeling drained and unsafe.
Stay here with me for this moment: are you alone with your mother, and might you hurt yourself in the next ten minutes?
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