Virtual Calming Room

Here are some apps that can be helpful for calming self-harm urges, anxiety, depression, mood tracking, etc.

1. Calm Harm-An app to help calm your urge to self-harm

2. RULER-(Already on your iPad) A tool to help you recognize, understand, label, express, and regulate emotions),

3. Calm-An app for mediation, sleep, and relaxation based on mindfulness

4. Headspace-An app for mediation, sleep, and relaxation based on mindfulness

5. 10% Happier- An app for mediation, sleep, and relaxation based on mindfulness (They often have specials for students)

6. Mindshift- An app that uses strategies based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.

7. Moods: An app that easily helps you to track your moods

Here are links to meditation based calming strategies

1. Learn how to meditate

2. Now try to meditate!

3. Take a mindful minute

4. Daily Calm 10 minute meditations

5. Calm body meditations

6. Calm mindfulness anxiety hack

1. Visual Deep Breathing

2. Relaxing Oceanscapes

3. Amazing Nature Scenery

4. Visit a national park

5. Visit Mars!

6. Take a trip to Hawaii

7. Visit the San Diego Zoo

8. Hang out with penguins, sea otters, and sharks

9. Visit 1 of 2,500 museums and galleries

10. Visit Chicago from home

11. View street art from around the world

12. Visit the Eiffel Tower