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It's important to put your own oxygen mask on before helping those around you. Remember to take care of yourself, mind and body. This list of wellness resources can help you on your journey of wellness. The resources here largely come from the Trevor Project.
Breathing & Mindfulness
Breathing & Mindfulness
Anxiety Breathing video The Anxiety Breathing video provides a walkthrough of breathing techniques for anxiety.
Dartmouth Relaxation Downloads Dartmouth Relaxation Downloads provides audio files for guided relaxation, meditation, mindfulness and imagery exercises.
Pixel Thoughts Pixel Thoughts offers a 60 meditation tool to ease worries.
Quiet Kit Quiet Kit offers a guided meditation for beginners.
Meditation Oasis Meditation Oasis offers free podcasts with a variety of meditation techniques.
Sounds True, free resources
Panic & Trauma
Panic & Trauma
Panic Self-Help This website offers a self-help guide that uses cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), education, and a variety of tools for mild-moderate symptoms of panic.
Emergency Action for Panic Attacks Emergency Action for Panic Attacks offers ways to mitigate and cope with a panic attack.
Self-Care & Coping
Self-Care & Coping
45 Simple Self-Care Practices for Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul This is a website with 45 Simple Self-Care Practices for Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul
Self-Care 101 Self-Care 101 is a website that offers a self-care plan template to help people create a strategy to deal with every day stressors and other big issues in your life.
Self-Care: An A to Z Guide This is Buzzfeed's Self-Care: An A to Z Guide with ideas for self-care.
Affordable Self-Care Activities This Teen Vogue's list of best affordable self-care ideas.
Relaxation Exercises & Techniques
Relaxation Exercises & Techniques
Grounding Technique Walk yourself through the 5-4-3-2-1 steps below to bring yourself back to a centering place of calm.
Relaxation for Anxiety Handbook This handbook provides education and skill-building for relaxation techniques to help with anxiety.
Distraction activities and techniques Beauty After Bruises provides distraction ideas from a domestic violence site and from a PTSD lens however the list is excellent for any contact who would prefer distraction techniques.
Grounding and Safety Techniques for Trauma This is a website that offers Grounding/safety techniques specifically for trauma survivors experiencing anxiety/flashbacks.
Relaxation Techniques from Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic provides resources and exercises to help your body relax and relieve tension.
More Helpful Resources for Relaxation
Apps
Apps
My3 My3 is an IOS app from NSPL with ability to create 3 safety contacts, provides safety planning tools and coping skills.
Insight Timer Insight Timer is a free meditation app for sleep, anxiety, and/or stress.
PTSD Coach PTSD Coach is an app from the US Health Dept. with education about PTSD and offers symptom tracking/info.
SAM for Anxiety SAM for Anxiety is an app that offers a range of self-help methods for people learning to manage their anxiety.
Mood Tools Depression Aid This is a depression self-help app with thought tracker, safety planning, coping skills, etc.
Wysa Wysa is a private self help app with a Chatbot feature for reflecting, venting, basic cognitive behavioral therapy exercises. It has many features behind paywall and the free version is very basic.
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