Calm Harm is an app designed to help people resist or manage the urge to self-harm. It is private and password protected.
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Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and depression with Catch It. The app will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.
Create music to capture your mood and express how you feel with the Cove app. Instead of words, create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness, calm and anger. You can store your music in a personal journal, or send them to someone and let the music do the talking.
Learn to relax, manage your worries and improve your wellbeing with Chill Panda. The app measures your heart rate and suggests tasks to suit your state of mind. Tasks include simple breathing techniques and light exercises to take your mind off your worries.
Blurt supports people affected by depression and seeks to increase awareness and understanding of depression. People can sign up for a self care starter kit and join a Peer Support Facebook Group where they can talk about their experience of depression and mutually give and receive support from peers. The group is moderated by trained voluntary facilitators.
BlueIce is an evidence-based app to help young people manage their emotions and reduce urges to self-harm. It includes a mood diary, a toolbox of evidence-based techniques to reduce distress and automatic routing to emergency numbers if urges to harm continue.
Beating the Blues is an effective treatment for people feeling stressed, depressed, or anxious. Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the course is made up of 8 online sessions which last approximately one hour and help people understand the link between how you think and how this influences your feelings and behaviours.
Big White Wall is an online community for people who are stressed, anxious or feeling low. The service has an active forum with round-the-clock support from trained professionals. You can talk anonymously to other members and take part in group or one-to-one therapy with therapists.