📚 The Home of Mental Health Resources and Wellbeing Guides. Providing free and open-source content to help you improve your mental health and wellbeing in a clear and structured way.
- Follow all safety advice provided.
- Explore resources by category or search results below.
- If you need assistance in developing better coping strategies, you might be eligible for our support.
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Search Resources by Category
All resources and tools are divided into into the following categories. Browse through what is relative to you, or use the search bar to be more specific.
🛠️ Universal Toolkit
Common strategies and tools we can use on a daily basis to improve our overall wellbeing.
🛟 Crisis Management
Tools used during really difficult times or when you’re experiencing a Mental Health Crisis.
💡 Mental Health Awareness
Tackling the taboos and stigma surrounding mental health and suicide prevention head on.
🏃 Health & Wellness
Both the mind and body are interconnected. Improve your overall physical health with these wellbeing resources.
🌊 Mood Management
Explore coping strategies to help improve mood and manage difficult feelings.
🌳 Mindfulness
Learn to remain ‘in the moment’. Help ground yourself with these mindful resources.
😰 Anxiety & Stress Busting
Calm and slow anxious thoughts and feelings. Find ways to ground yourself and reassure your worry with these coping strategies.
😴 Relaxation & Sleep
High quality sleep clears our minds and gives us energy to do the things that matter most. Explore these resources to calm our bodies and improve sleep routine.
📰 News & Announcements
Stay up-to-date with the development and work of Conversing Care.
🖱️ Community Forum TBA
Community generated resources and lived-experience knowledge.
Newsletter for better mental health
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Guidance
It is easy to list the negatives, so lets go through positives steps you can make.
How to Get The Most Out of Mental Health Resources
- Browse when you feel safe in yourself: These resources are to inspire your creativity, not to upset you.
- Follow Trigger Warnings: We mark content which could be triggering for some users with Trigger Warnings (TWs). If you are feeling unsettled, please avoid TW content.
- Tailor content to suit your personal needs: There is not a ‘one size fits all’. We are all individuals with very different needs and experiences. Make tweaks to coping strategies to fit your needs.
- Communicate with others: Sometimes when working on your personal development, it’s important to talk to friends, family and health professionals what you are trying to do. They can share their feedback, helping you develop more robust ways of coping.
- Ask for help: It’s tough making positive life changes, specially when mental health challenges cause distress. Make sure you are constantly asking for help from health professionals, friends and family so you are not alone on your journey. Our Community Mental Health Forum is a great space to share and learn from others with similar experiences.
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Community, Peer-to-Peer & Admin Support.
Recognising The Importance of Coping Strategies
Coping strategies are behaviours we use to deal with stress. They tend to come in two types, healthy and unhealthy.
- Unhealthy coping strategies are very effective in the short term but the long-term effects can cause physical and mental damage such as drinking alcohol, smoking, drug abuse or self-harm.
- Healthy coping strategies don’t cause us harm but take time to establish such as lifestyle changes, personal and professional development.
Different people will find different techniques work better for them.
Coping strategies can have several benefits but key impacts are:
- Better emotional regulation, stress relief and a more balanced lifestyle.
- Finding alternative and healthier ways of coping will reduce harm and damage to the mind and body.
- Improve overall quality of life and fulfilment.
Misinformation surrounding mental health is a big problem
Specially on social media as well as online, misinformation and just out-right lies about mental health is a much bigger problem than people realise.
Protect yourself by making sure you are finding the most accurate information possible so you can make a well-rounded and informed decisions if you so choose to act on that guidance.
Check and compare information from multiple sources. Gov.uk, NHS.uk and charitable organisations like us or Samaritans.org are a good place to start.
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