Coping Corner
Here at the Office of Mental Health and Support Services, we know taking care of yourself can be difficult, especially during a pandemic. This website is intended to serve as a resource by providing you with a variety of tools that you can use to navigate self-care in different aspects of your life. These resources are not meant to replace therapy or other professional support.
Coping Skills/Self-Help
Calm Meditation, sleep, and relaxation app
Western Carolina University Self-Help Resources
Go Ask Alice! Columbia University
Relaxation Resources Dartmouth
Manage stress workbook – workbook for students to use as they reflect and work through their stress
Self-Care
www.activeminds.org/about-mental-health/self-care
healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/mental-health/tools-resources
www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/03/18/board-games-online-with-friends
Other Links for Students
TrevorSpace (An online support and community program for LGBTQ teens moderated by the Trevor Project)
Apps
iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch | Android/Google Play
Calm
Provides relaxation and meditation to help improve your sleep and reduce stress with music and melodies.
Breathe
Provides animations to help your breathing.
Insight Timer
Provides guided meditations, music, and talks with the largest library of guided meditations.
Smiling Mind
Spend 10 minutes a day practicing meditation and mindfulness.
Relax Melodies
Melodies that make you feel sleepy.
Prana Breath
Calm and Meditate: Breathing techniques to increase mindfulness.
UCLA Mindfulness
Provides instant access to a library of mindfulness medications that can be practiced anywhere and anytime.
Virtual Hope Box Download | Download
Helps users recall the positive parts of their life in addition to offering distractions.
3 Good Things
Allows users to journal about positive events in their day, as well as share these events with others.
Avocation
Provides suggested activities for stress relief, productivity, relationships, and general health; helps users create positive habits.
Finch
Daily self care is finally fun- take care of your pet by taking care of yourself.
Habit Rabbit
App to make a cute friend and build health habits.
Resources for Family
Understanding LGBTQ Terminology and Basics
Relevant Topics and Further Support
www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Family-Members-and-Caregivers/Learning-to-Help-Your-Child-and-Your-Family
www.mhanational.org/what-every-child-needs-good-mental-health
www.wcu.edu/experience/health-and-wellness/caps/self-help.aspx
Community mental health services locator map provided by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions
Contact information for Community Mental Health Centers and State Hospitals
Crisis Lines
- Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
988lifeline.org - Crisis Text Line: text “GO” to 741741
www.crisistextline.org/text-us - National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
www.thehotline.org - RAINN: Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network: 1-800-656-4673
Chat feature available via web
www.rainn.org - Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Crisis support for GLBTQ people
www.thetrevorproject.org