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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?

#1

Trauma

Trauma

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Kathi Schäffer
Community Member
4 years ago

Thank you, I needed that 💓

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    #2

    Recognizing A Mentally Abused Brain

    Recognizing A Mentally Abused Brain

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    Monic Krugell
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    these unseen wounds take a lot of time to heal.....

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    #3

    A More Comprehensive Guide To Symptoms Of Depression

    A More Comprehensive Guide To Symptoms Of Depression

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    kermit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oh god I have most of the depression symptoms

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    #4

    Speaking To Children, And Honestly Adults

    Speaking To Children, And Honestly Adults

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    Misterionz
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    As an autistic person, I agree!

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    #5

    Types Of Tired

    Types Of Tired

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 for me.

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    #6

    How Untreated Adhd Causes And Traps You In Depression

    How Untreated Adhd Causes And Traps You In Depression

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    ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    ohhHH - ok it only took me my whole life . . . to realise . . . maybe? yo!

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    #7

    What Anxiety May Present Itself As. I Think I've Seen A Version Of This On Here But With Depression

    What Anxiety May Present Itself As. I Think I've Seen A Version Of This On Here But With Depression

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    M Calad
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Very spot on 😔

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    #8

    Warning Signs Anxiety Is Setting In

    Warning Signs Anxiety Is Setting In

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    Helena Hattingh
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Very helpful 😊🥲

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    #9

    If You Have Toxic Or Otherwise Problematic Family, This May Be A Helpful Guide For The Holidays

    If You Have Toxic Or Otherwise Problematic Family, This May Be A Helpful Guide For The Holidays

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    CapitalDee 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    "Sorry" is my banned word in certain classes, this year it's food tech, last year was visual arts. I am a serial apologiser.

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    #10

    Why Crying Is Helpful

    Why Crying Is Helpful

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    Kirsten Kerkhof
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Crying just gives me a splitting headache ...

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    #11

    A Chart For Your Emotions. My Therapist Sent Me This, It's Pretty Cool

    A Chart For Your Emotions. My Therapist Sent Me This, It's Pretty Cool

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    Black Pearl
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Right now I feel fragile

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    #12

    I Think These Simple Points Could Help A Lot

    I Think These Simple Points Could Help A Lot

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    Emily M
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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    #13

    How To Turn Down An Invite

    How To Turn Down An Invite

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    Sharkie
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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. "

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    #14

    Some Mental Health Suggestions

    Some Mental Health Suggestions

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    Sue Lynn Chan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I sometimes like to mix some for myself

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    #15

    The Mood Meter

    The Mood Meter

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    Adrienne Mcginley
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    All over the rainbow here.

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    #16

    Simple Mental Health Pain Scale

    Simple Mental Health Pain Scale

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    Angeline Nealy
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I used to be at a 8-10 but now im at a glorious 2 🥹😁

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    #17

    Every Possible Emotional Overlap In Inside Out

    Every Possible Emotional Overlap In Inside Out

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    JamesRTK
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    What drives me crazy is that there is no clear system which circle is on the left and which one is in the right side of those overlaps.

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    #18

    Mental Health Matters

    Mental Health Matters

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    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.)

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    #19

    A Little Pandemic Version Of The Control Wheel

    A Little Pandemic Version Of The Control Wheel

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    tmw
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This needs to be much higher! I love it.

    #20

    Social Media And Mental Health

    Social Media And Mental Health

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    LagoonaBlueColleen
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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    #21

    What Not To Say To Someone Suffering With Mental Health Problems

    What Not To Say To Someone Suffering With Mental Health Problems

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    Binary Sun
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    I'd like to add one: "Did you ever suffer from ? It's way worse than what you have"

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    #22

    Simple Guide To Staying Healthy

    Simple Guide To Staying Healthy

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    PjandBolt
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Even though there's only 9-please tell me I'm not the only one who sang it in the tune of 12 days of Christmas

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    #23

    I Hope This Helps

    I Hope This Helps

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    kermit
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Is it an Anxiety Attack if it was really difficult and kindof upsetting and scary and hard to breathe to do something in front of my class or is it a Panic attack or maybe something normal

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    #24

    Guide To Helping Someone With Anxiety

    Guide To Helping Someone With Anxiety

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    Black Pearl
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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

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    #25

    Alternate Phrases To Avoid Toxic Positivity

    Alternate Phrases To Avoid Toxic Positivity

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    Freya the Wanderer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Some of these can come across as snarky. Just what people DON'T need in tough times!

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    #26

    Modelling Disagreement For Children

    Modelling Disagreement For Children

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    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It's inclusive!

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    #27

    Activities That Make Your Brain Release Happy Chemicals

    Activities That Make Your Brain Release Happy Chemicals

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    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    All was well until I read essential oils. I don't trust essential oils. But the rest sounds legit.

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    #28

    A Self-Soothing Guide

    A Self-Soothing Guide

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    Adrienne Mcginley
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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    #29

    Unhelpful Thinking Styles For Mental Health

    Unhelpful Thinking Styles For Mental Health

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    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    These are DBT cognitive distortions and learning to recognize them saved my life.

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    #30

    A Guide To Meditation By Elvin Dantes

    A Guide To Meditation By Elvin Dantes

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    Strawberry Pizza
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Have they seriously censored the word "pass" because of the last three letters in it? This is getting ridiculous.

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    #31

    Discovered This Gem On A Mental Health Group Page That I Like Following. Hope It Turns Someones Day Sunny

    Discovered This Gem On A Mental Health Group Page That I Like Following. Hope It Turns Someones Day Sunny

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    Freya the Wanderer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

    #32

    Hobbies That Are Good For Your Mental Health

    Hobbies That Are Good For Your Mental Health

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    Chucky Cheezburger
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    The fun part is finding the motivation to start any of these.

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    #33

    A Quick Guide I Put Together To Manage Your Mental Health In The Current Political Climate

    A Quick Guide I Put Together To Manage Your Mental Health In The Current Political Climate

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    Freya the Wanderer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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    #34

    50 Ways To Manage Your Anxiety

    50 Ways To Manage Your Anxiety

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    HeatherDPanda
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Asking yourself what's the worst that can happen is the WORST thing to do if you have anxiety!!

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