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Online Mental Health Resources

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Anger & Irritability 

CBT & Self help for anger
Anger problems workbook 
Anger management tips & techniques 
Anger & aggression management 
Anger & aggressive behaviour leaflet 
Controlling anger guide
Dealing with anger & impulsivity (PDF)

Anxiety  
Overcoming health anxiety (9 modules with workbooks) 
Improving self esteem (9 modules with workbooks) 
Overcoming perfectionism (9 modules with workbooks)  
Mastering general anxiety & worries (11 modules with workbooks) 
General self help strategies 
Self help home toolkit  
How to tolerate uncertainty 
Applied tension technique (for those who faint at sight of blood/needles) 
Self help for specific phobias 
Youth anxiety self help 
How to stop worrying 
Flying phobia self help 
General anxiety disorder self help (3 steps) 
Anxiety workbook 
CBT & Self help for general anxiety
CBT & Self help for phobias 
CBT & Self help for health anxiety 
CBT & Self help for low self esteem 
CBT & Self help for stress 
Anxiety & panic leaflet 
Phobias leaflet 
Anxiety self help guide 
Health anxiety self help guide
Stress workbook
Stress management course
Hints to avoid harmful stress

Bipolar Disorder 
Coping with Bipolar Disorder (8 modules with workbooks) 
CBT & Self help for bipolar
Bipolar support & self help
Wellbeing plan for Bipolar disorder (PDF)
Bipolar disorder mood chart (PDF)

Also see anger/irritability, depression, insomnia & impulsivity resources.

Borderline Personality Disorder 
Overcoming distress intolerance (4 modules with workbooks)
Ten coping skills for BPD 
Coping with BPD
BPD resource list

Also see CBT, DBT, self harm, anger/irritability, suicidal thoughts, impulsivity & depression resources.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
7 Step self help course 
CBT Based self help 
CBT Worksheets & Information sheets 
Free self help worksheets

Concentration & Time management 
Put off procrastinating (7 modules with workbooks) 
Guide for goal setting 
Concentration leaflet 
Sitting exams leaflet 
Procrastination leaflet

Depression & Low mood 
Coping with depression (9 modules with workbooks) 
The Journal depression help 
CBT & Self help for depression 
Depression leaflet 
Depression & low mood self help guide 
Depression workbook
Dealing with depression tips
Antidepressant skills workbook (PDF)
Undoing depression: A self help site
Worry & sadness course
Depression mood chart (PDF)
Exercise to beat depression Handout 1 | Handout 2 | Handout 3 | Handout 4
Thinking your way out of depression (CBT)

Dialectal Behaviour Therapy (DBT) 
DBT Self help (videos, worksheets, activities etc.)
DBT Worksheets 
Mindfulness
Skills Workbook
Coping & Relationship skills 
Ways to manage distress right now 
Letting go of emotional suffering 
Mindfulness leaflet
Appraising change (PDF)
Honest communication (PDF) 
Goal setting
Mindfulness in everyday life
Quick relaxation techniques

Eating disorders & Body image
Overcoming body dysmorphia (7 modules with workbooks)
Overcoming disordered eating Part A | Part B (9 modules each part) 
CBT & Self help for anorexia 
CBT & Self help for bulimia & binge eating 
Eating disorders leaflet 
Eating disorders self help guide
Eating disorder coping skills
Tips & strategies for overcoming eating disorders

Fatigue & Chronic pain 
CBT & Self help for chronic fatigue & pain
Chronic pain workbook
Restless legs syndrome self help
Treating chronic fatigue & Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue self help
Fatigue fighter self help
The pain toolkit (PDF)
Chronic pain patient’s guide to pain free hours (PDF)
Chronic pain survival handbook (PDF)

Impulsive thoughts & behaviours
ADHD in adults: Managing impulsivity
Managing impulsive behaviours
5 Tips for changing impulsive behaviours
Impulse control strategies

Insomnia & Sleep difficulties 
Getting to sleep 
Sleep hygiene 
CBT & Self help for sleep issues 
Insomnia leaflet 
Sleeping problems self help guide
Sleep problems workbook
How to sleep better
Can’t sleep?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 
How to manage obsessions 
Manage your OCD at home  
What to do while obsessing 
Stopping your compulsions 
CBT & Self help for OCD 
Obsessions & compulsions self help guide
Obsessions & compulsions workbook

Panic Attacks 
Coping with panic attacks (12 modules with workbooks) 
Self help strategies for Panic Disorder 
Panic attack self help programme 
CBT & Self help for Panic Disorder 
Panic self help guide
Panic workbook

Psychosis 
CBT & Self help for psychosis 
Hearing voices self help guide
Schizophrenia treatment & recovery
Self help measures for psychosis
Guided self help for psychosis (PDF)

Social Anxiety 
Coping with social anxiety (12 modules with workbooks) 
Improving your social skills 
Home management strategies for social anxiety 
Improve your assertiveness (10 modules with workbooks) 
CBT & Self help for social anxiety 
Shyness & social anxiety self help guide
Shyness & social anxiety workbook
Shyness/Social anxiety course

Self harm 
Self harm leaflet 
Self harm self help guide
Self harm alternatives & distractions
Cutting & self harm help
Self injury self help ideas
Self harm coping plan (Link at bottom of page)
Stopping self harm

Suicidal thoughts 
CBT & Self help for suicidal thoughts
Dealing with suicidal thoughts & feelings
Suicide: Read this first
Making a safety plan (Link at bottom of page)
Ways to help yourself when you’re feeling suicidal
What can I do if I’m feeling suicidal?
Self help for the suicidal workbook
Suicide hotlines by country

Trauma & Abuse 
Self help for PTSD 
CBT & Self help for PTSD 
Post traumatic stress leaflet 
Information for adults abused as children 
Dealing with abuse guide 
Post Traumatic stress self help guide
Post traumatic stress workbook
Safety & escaping domestic violence
Help for abused men
Coping with PTSD
How to recover from disasters & traumatic events

Note: I haven’t created or extensively reviewed any of these resources, they’re just things I’ve found online that look like they’d be useful and to my best knowledge do not cost anything.
These are self help resources intended to be used in addition to and not as a substitute for medical treatment- please contact a professional if you are feeling unsafe. 🙂

Online Mental Health Resources

Workbooks and Self-Help Books for Mental Illnesses & Symptoms

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opheliabpd:

Hello everybody! I was just thinking about how I always recommend people who can’t get therapy to use workbooks, so I thought I’d make a quick list of some you could look at. I’m not comfortable recommending books for things I have not struggled with (like, if I was looking at the description of a book on OCD I’d have no idea if it was good or not) but I think I’ve covered a lot. Some of these are series which have workbooks for specific disorders like bipolar, etc., if you want to find some. Plus, you don’t have to be diagnosed with something to use a workbook if you think it’ll help you.

Workbooks are sometimes made to be done in conjunction with therapy, or something like that, but anyone can still get something out of them if you put in regular work and try to apply the skills.

I’ve linked them all the Amazon because they’re usually cheaper on there.

For reference: DBT = dialectical behaviour therapy, CBT = cognitive behavioural therapy, ACT = acceptance and commitment therapy


Anxiety, Depression, and Intrusive Thoughts

Borderline Personality Disorder

Interpersonal Problems

Anger

Trauma and PTSD

Self Harm

General Emotional Issues/Multiple Disorders

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spacecute:

so i keep seeing these mental illness support posts all over tumblr but i never see any for the “scary” illnesses

im here for the schizophrenics, paranoid and otherwise

im here for the bipolar people, especially those who are rapid cycling (believe me, i know how much it sucks)

im here for the people with borderline personality disorder who are constantly wondering if theyre being abusive

im here for the addicts

the people who dissociate

the people who have trouble telling whats real

the people whose minds are too scary to get their own support posts on tumblr

im here for you all

we’re not as scary as we’re told we are

Links Related to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

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glegrumbles:

Not Norse-related, but a collection of my writings on BPD that are personally relevant and perhaps useful to others, particularly if they want to understand me better or communicate with me better.