30 Incredibly Helpful Charts To Help You Keep Emotional Wellbeing In Check
Since Mental Health Awareness Month is drawing to a close, Bored Panda thought it would be a good idea to put together something we all could take away from it and adapt to our everyday lives.
For that, we turned to the subreddit r/CoolGuides. Its 2.5 million members share plenty of useful charts on everything from understanding the complexity of our emotions to noticing if someone else is going through a rough patch. So continue scrolling to check out what pictures we ended up with.
Even if it prevents just one meltdown or provides only one extra smile, isn't it still worth it?
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Trauma
Recognizing A Mentally Abused Brain
A More Comprehensive Guide To Symptoms Of Depression
Speaking To Children, And Honestly Adults
Types Of Tired
How Untreated Adhd Causes And Traps You In Depression
ohhHH - ok it only took me my whole life . . . to realise . . . maybe? yo!
What Anxiety May Present Itself As. I Think I've Seen A Version Of This On Here But With Depression
Warning Signs Anxiety Is Setting In
If You Have Toxic Or Otherwise Problematic Family, This May Be A Helpful Guide For The Holidays
"Sorry" is my banned word in certain classes, this year it's food tech, last year was visual arts. I am a serial apologiser.
Why Crying Is Helpful
A Chart For Your Emotions. My Therapist Sent Me This, It's Pretty Cool
I Think These Simple Points Could Help A Lot
A 6th grader who was great for me but had a lot of negative behaviors with other adults once told me that I was the only teacher he ever had who said 'please' and 'thank you' when I asked him to do something and said 'sorry' when I was wrong. I think about that a lot when it comes to kids.
How To Turn Down An Invite
Is it ok to decline an invitation without a reason? My mom and even random people I don't know that much always ask me more... "come, this day this hour!" "Well... it sounds good, but I won't be able to make it, sorry." "Why not?" "Well... I have a dentist appointment, it is set about three months in advance and I really need this procedure to be done..." "can't you just postpone it?" "Well... I could but it won't be possible to have it done in next few months and I will be in a lot of pain. I don't want to. It was hard to get this date..." "ok, so just change it, I will meet you there..." "No, wait! I said no!" "OK, thank you, see you there. "
Some Mental Health Suggestions
The Mood Meter
Simple Mental Health Pain Scale
Every Possible Emotional Overlap In Inside Out
Mental Health Matters
The makers of this chart missed a huge hidden cause of anger: shame. Brené Brown has devoted her entire career to exploring shame; how insidious it is, how all-encompassing it can be, and how incredibly destructive it is. Learning how to recognize and identify shame can be a remarkably freeing process. Reading Brown's book, "Daring Greatly" is an excellent first step. (It's also worth checking out Brown's TED talk on this subject.)
A Little Pandemic Version Of The Control Wheel
Social Media And Mental Health
One thing I notice I do is scroll through the comments on a news post just to look for certain comments I disagree with with the sole intention to "set someone straight". Recently I've been trying to revert back to when commenting on every post wasn't a thing and how me clapping back at someone I don't agree with won't change their mind, nor will it make me feel any better putting in my 2 cents.
What Not To Say To Someone Suffering With Mental Health Problems
I'd like to add one: "Did you ever suffer from ? It's way worse than what you have"
Simple Guide To Staying Healthy
I Hope This Helps
Guide To Helping Someone With Anxiety
I know this is just some post by a random person ,but this actually made me feel a little better just to read. I wish someone would say it out loud
Alternate Phrases To Avoid Toxic Positivity
Some of these can come across as snarky. Just what people DON'T need in tough times!
Modelling Disagreement For Children
Activities That Make Your Brain Release Happy Chemicals
All was well until I read essential oils. I don't trust essential oils. But the rest sounds legit.
A Self-Soothing Guide
If your most comfortable clothes are none, please remember to draw the blinds. Warm, not hot showers are generally my go-to, along with a piece or 2 of good dark chocolate. It's been proven to boost serotonin.
Unhelpful Thinking Styles For Mental Health
These are DBT cognitive distortions and learning to recognize them saved my life.
A Guide To Meditation By Elvin Dantes
Have they seriously censored the word "pass" because of the last three letters in it? This is getting ridiculous.
Discovered This Gem On A Mental Health Group Page That I Like Following. Hope It Turns Someones Day Sunny
All great points! Another: Stop being a perfectionist - perfect is the enemy of good. Hmmmmmm - is it me, or does the figure for "Look at your past..." resemble Darth Vader? Well, he did turn to good in the end.
Hobbies That Are Good For Your Mental Health
A Quick Guide I Put Together To Manage Your Mental Health In The Current Political Climate
You may have no control over a catastrophic event, but you can still help in some way, such as donating to charities that are helping the refugees, signing petitions calling for sanctions against Russia, even symbolic support of Ukraine.
50 Ways To Manage Your Anxiety
Asking yourself what's the worst that can happen is the WORST thing to do if you have anxiety!!
Maybe a chart for you on 'respect a person although you don't agree / believes things YOU don't like)
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