Resources

Free, Confidential, 24/7 Helplines:

Please note that all experiences may differ when contacting these phone numbers. If you have a negative experience with any of these helplines, please consider utilizing a different one in the future and do not give up advocating for yourself and your needs. You are important.  

• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text): 988  ~ Click here for more information on what happens when you text 988.

• Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255. ~ Click here for more information on what happens when you call the Veteran's Crisis Line. 

• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)  ~ Click here for more information on helpful resources related to Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services as well as SAMHSA. 

• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ youth): 1-866-488-7386 ~ Click here for more information on The Trevor Project.

• Crisis Text Line: Text "SIGNS" to 741741 ~ Click here for more information on the Crisis Text Line

Websites that may help provide coping skills, comfort or a fun distraction:

**Please note that not all self-care is created equally for everyone! This is not an extensive list and you may not find a site on here that fits your specific needs or interests.**

• You Feel like Sh*t: https://youfeellikeshit.com/index.html

This is a website that asks helpful questions about why you may be feeling so icky, and offers ideas on what may be helpful. 

• Self-Care Day: https://www.selfcareday.com

This website has a bunch of downloads and ideas you can use to help enrich your own self care routines. 

• Project LETS (alternatives to self-harm page): https://projectlets.org/alternatives-to-selfharm

This website is an incredible peer support group for mental health. This particular page that is linked here lists a bunch of great alternatives to try instead of self-harm.

• DBT Self Help: https://dbtselfhelp.com

This website offers many coping skills and ideas of how to self-manage difficult emotions and feelings using a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) approach. 

• To Write Love on Her Arms Self-Care Guide: https://twloha.com/self-care/

This website offers many helpful coping skills and guided activities including mindfulness, hopeful quotes, and exercises that may be useful to help alleviate stress or difficult emotions. 

• A Soft Murmur: https://asoftmurmur.com

This website offers multiple ambient sounds that you can mix and match as well as control the volume. 

• Rainy Mood: https://www.rainymood.com

Visit this site for a continuous stream of a rainstorm. 

• Weave Silk: http://weavesilk.com

A cool visual and interactive program where you can create neat images. Allows you to save them. 

• Quiet Kit: https://quietkit.com

This site offers guided meditation for beginners, ranging from 2 minutes to 10 minutes long in duration. 

• Neon Flames: https://29a.ch/sandbox/2011/neonflames/#

This site is very similar to "Weave Silk" listed above. It is a neat visual and interactive program where you can create images that look similar to flames or galaxies. 

• This is Sand: https://thisissand.com

This website offers an interactive sand tool where you can make your own sand art. It is similar to the sand in bottles activity and becomes very addictive!

• Song Maker: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/

This website allows you to make your own music. The interactive layout allows you to place notes wherever you want and although basic, it has a lot of potential. 

• Sketch Pad: https://sketch.io/sketchpad/

This website is basically a paint program but online! 

• Mini Maze: https://maze.toys/mazes/mini/

This website is full of mini mazes that you can complete with your keyboard. It tracks how long each maze takes you to complete, but I encourage you to just have fun!

• Long Dog Challenge: https://longdogechallenge.com

This website is fun, silly, and addictive. You start with a dog, and you scroll down to make it longer! Wow! :) 

Helpful Resource Websites:

To Write Love on Her Arms: https://twloha.com/find-help/

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/individuals/index.htm

The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Help Guide: https://www.helpguide.org

Psych Central: https://psychcentral.com

Succeed Socially: https://www.succeedsocially.com

Rehab 4 Addiction: https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/guides/finding-addiction-mental-health-services-usa

Blogs for Mental Health:

Healthy Place: https://www.healthyplace.com