Common Mental Illnesses
This mental illness includes feeling frequently so worried or stressed that it can interfere with daily life.
Anxiety/ Anxiety disorders
Someone may be experiencing this mental illness if they are losing interest in hobbies, sleeping or eating more, or crying a lot.
Depression
This common treatment involves meeting with a mental health professional.
Therapy/ counseling
This coping skill involves expressing thoughts and feelings through writing.
Journaling
You can text this 3-digit number to reach the suicide support line.
(hint: there are posters for this around the BH!)
988 National Suicide Hotline
This mental illness is marked by frequent or constant feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and/or loneliness.
Depression or depressive episodes
Someone may be struggling with this mental illness if they are losing sleep, showing physical signs such as shallow breathing or shaking on a regular basis, or avoiding/procrastinating on daily tasks that they used to do without issue.
Anxiety
This treatment can help manage symptoms of mental illness through regular intake of helpful chemicals.
Medication
This coping skill involves releasing stress and emotions and/or connecting the mind and body.
Exercise/ body movement
You may find this resource in your home, school, church, or at The Brick House! They come in handy for when things are hard or if you need someone to talk to
Trusted adults
This mental illness is categorized by strong shifts between periods of time when an individual feels full of life and periods when they feel incredibly down.
Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depressive
Someone may be in this state of mind if they speak about death frequently, self harm, act recklessly, isolate from loved ones, or begin giving away their belongings.
Suicidal/ Suicidal ideation
This treatment involves taking time away from life to work on mental health while being closely monitored by a team of mental health professionals.
Hospitalization/ inpatient care
This coping skill involves expressing thoughts, feelings, or struggles aloud or in writing to someone else.
Reaching out to others
You can call this local service to talk through problems, get a mental health evaluation, or find beds for inpatient care.
CSO Crisis
This mental illness is caused by extreme events that rewire the brain to be more sensitive to stress signals.
PTSD/ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Someone may have experienced this if they suddenly shy away from touch, jump or startle easily, struggle to complete daily tasks such as hygiene, or get overwhelmed by small things.
Trauma/ Abuse
This treatment involves gathering with others who have similar illnesses or experiences.
Support groups/ peer support
This coping skill involves breathing exercises, meditation, grounding, and focus exercises.
Mindfulness
This local organization helps young people with housing and is also connected to our AmeriCorps program
DIAL/Self
This mental illness includes frequent or constant intrusive thoughts that can create repeated patterns of behavior.
OCD/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Someone may be in this state of mind if they seem frequently spaced out, forget things they’ve said or done, or don’t respond to what’s happening around them.
Dissociation
This treatment can involve any combination of non-medical interventions such as vitamins, exercise, acupuncture, or spiritual practice.
Natural medicine/ alternative medicine
This set of coping skills from DBT therapy help people get through hard moments; some categories include distracting, self-soothing, mindfulness, and TIPP (Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Paired muscle relaxation).
Distress Tolerance skills
This organization offers a 24/7 support for LGBTQ+ youth including suicide prevention and finding peer support; you can call, text, or connect via their website chat.
The Trevor Project