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Mind and mood: find the right page

The pages on this site for the mind and mood (thoughts of suicide, depression, anxiety, sleep, grief and more) were spread out across the long list of tools. This page puts 44 of them on one list, sorted by what you feel or what you were told. Pick one and it opens. Each line below is that page’s own description.

If you are thinking about ending your life, or worried that someone is, call or text 988 now (in the U.S.). If someone is in danger right now, call 911. This page is a list. It cannot tell one problem from another, and it cannot tell you how serious something is.

Our Get help now page is one page for the worst night: 988 by call, text or chat, and 911 for emergencies. Our safety plan builder is a short list you write before the worst moments. Our worried about someone page says when to call 988 or 911.

Thinking about suicide, or worried someone is

The first is one page for the worst night: 988 by call, text or chat, and 911 for emergencies. The second is a short list you write before the worst moments. The third is for the friend, partner, parent or coworker who is worried about someone, and says when to call 988 or 911.

Get help nowOne page for the worst night: call, text or chat 988, 911 for emergencies, crisis lines for veterans, LGBTQ+ young people, trans people, domestic violence and more, food and shelter, how to help someone else, and a pocket card to print. See the page for what it keeps.
Safety plan builderA short list you write before the worst moments. What you type is kept only in this browser.
When you’re worried about someoneFor the friend, partner, parent or coworker. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Hurting yourself, or after a suicide attempt

The first is for hurting yourself on purpose, fighting the urge to, or worrying that someone you love is. It gives no detail of any method. The second is for the days and months after a suicide attempt, for the person who survived and for the people who love them.

When you hurt yourself to copeHurting yourself on purpose, or fighting the urge to, or worried that someone you love is. Keeps nothing.
After a suicide attemptFor the days and months after a suicide attempt. Keeps nothing.

Low, empty or heavy for weeks (depression)

The first is for weeks of feeling low, empty, exhausted or irritable, and for anyone watching someone they love go flat and far away. The second is for anyone who is pregnant or had a baby in the last year and does not feel like themselves; it names postpartum psychosis as an emergency. The third is a small plan for low days; it is not treatment.

When the heaviness won’t liftLow for weeks, empty, exhausted, or irritable and not yourself, or watching someone you love go flat and far away. Keeps nothing.
Postpartum depression: when the baby blues don’t liftFor anyone who is pregnant or had a baby in the last year and does not feel like themselves, and for the people who love them. Keeps nothing.
Small things: a small plan for low daysWhen everything feels heavy and the usual advice is too big. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Moods that swing from very high to very low (bipolar)

The first is for moods that swing from very high to very low, depression that keeps coming back, or nights with almost no sleep and no tiredness, and for anyone who loves someone who lives like that. The second is a mood and sleep diary: one tap a day, with a summary to print for a doctor or therapist.

Between the highs and the lowsMoods that swing from very high to very low, depression that keeps coming back, nights with almost no sleep and no tiredness, or loving someone who lives like that. Keeps nothing.
A mood and sleep diaryOne tap a day for your mood and how long you slept, with optional tags and a note. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Worry that won’t switch off, and panic (anxiety)

The first is the guide: worry you can’t turn off, sudden waves of fear, dread of being judged, places you have started to avoid. The second is for a panic attack, right now, and says when to call 911. The third and the fourth are worksheets for one worry or one thought at a time, not treatment.

When the worry won’t switch offWorry you can’t turn off, sudden waves of fear, dread of being judged, places you have started to avoid, or loving someone who lives like that. Keeps nothing.
When panic hitsFor a panic attack: a breathing circle to ride the wave, what each body feeling means and when to call 911, words to hold onto, a card to show someone when you can’t talk, a private log with patterns, and a panic plan that prints with a wallet card. What you type is kept only in this browser.
Worry time: set it down now, look at it laterFor worries that run the whole day. What you type is kept only in this browser.
Thought check: look at one thought from both sidesFor a thought that arrives as if it were a fact. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Thoughts you don’t want, rituals you can’t stop (OCD)

For thoughts you don’t want that keep coming back, and checking, washing, counting or repeating you can’t stop, including thoughts too upsetting to say out loud.

When the thoughts won’t let goThoughts you don’t want that keep coming back, checking, washing, counting or repeating that you can’t stop, thoughts too upsetting to say out loud, or loving someone who lives like that. Keeps nothing.

Something frightening happened, and it keeps coming back (trauma, PTSD)

For flashbacks, nightmares, always being on guard, feeling numb, or avoiding everything that reminds you. It never asks what happened.

When the past won’t stay in the pastFlashbacks, nightmares, always on guard, numb, or avoiding everything that reminds you, or watching someone you love live like that. Keeps nothing.

Hearing or seeing things other people don’t (psychosis)

For hearing or seeing things other people don’t, feeling watched or in danger, or watching it happen to someone you love. It says what to say if you have to call 911.

When you can’t tell what’s realHearing or seeing things other people don’t, feeling watched or in danger, or watching it happen to someone you love (doctors call it psychosis). Keeps nothing.

Feelings that hit hard and fast, or anger that takes over

The first is for emotions that are intense and change within hours, a terror of being left, or feeling empty or unsure who you are, and for anyone just told they have borderline personality disorder. The second is for the moment you are about to say, send or do something you can’t take back.

When your feelings hit hard and fastYour emotions are intense and change within hours, you are terrified of being left, you feel empty or unsure who you are, you were just told you have borderline personality disorder, or it is someone you love. Keeps nothing.
When anger takes overFor the moment you’re about to say, send or do something you can’t take back. What you type is kept only in this browser.

When eating has become a fight

For eating less and less, bingeing, purging or being afraid of food, or watching someone you love do it. It names the signs with no weights or numbers.

When eating has become a fightEating less and less, bingeing, purging, or afraid of food, or watching someone you love do it. Keeps nothing.

Drinking, drugs or gambling, and an urge right now

The first is for your own drinking or drug use, or someone else’s; it says why stopping heavy drinking suddenly can be dangerous. The second is for gambling, yours or someone else’s. The third is for an urge to drink, use, bet or smoke right now: a 20-minute timer to watch it rise and fall.

When drinking or drugs have become a problemWorried about your own drinking or drug use, or someone else’s. Keeps nothing.
When gambling is the problemYour gambling, or someone else’s, is hurting you. Keeps nothing.
Ride out an urgeWant a drink, a hit, a bet or a smoke right now? Rate it 0 to 10, start a 20-minute timer and watch your own wave rise and fall, with one idea at a time, your reasons and your people. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Sleep that won’t come

The first is the guide, for lying awake for hours, waking in the night or far too early, or dragging through the day. The second is a quiet page for the middle of the night. The third is a sleep diary, one minute each morning, for the doctor who asks what your nights are like.

Insomnia: when sleep won’t come, night after nightFor anyone who lies awake for hours, wakes in the night or far too early, drags through the day, or has been told they have insomnia. Keeps nothing.
Can’t sleep?A quiet page for the middle of the night. What you type is kept only in this browser.
Sleep diary: one minute each morningFor a run of bad nights, and for the doctor who asks what they are like. What you type is kept only in this browser.

When someone has died

The first is a private grief companion: one slow minute for when a wave hits, and a plan for the hard dates. The second is for anyone who lost someone to suicide, last night or years ago. It never describes how anyone died.

When someone has diedA private grief companion: one slow minute for when a wave hits, a gentle list for the first days and weeks, a letter to the person who died, a place to keep memories, a plan for the hard dates with calendar reminders, and words to ask for help. What you type is kept only in this browser.
When someone you love died by suicideYou lost someone to suicide, last night or years ago, or you are standing beside someone who did. Keeps nothing.

Feeling alone, or finding your people

The first is a private page for loneliness, with who to call at any hour. The second is for LGBTQ+ people of any age, people who are not sure yet, and the parents and friends beside them, with phone lines answered by LGBTQ+ people.

When you feel aloneA private page for loneliness: a few guided minutes of company, words to reach out to someone you’ve lost touch with, a ladder of small steps, a private list of your people, where people gather, and who to call at any hour. What you type is kept only in this browser.
LGBTQ+: coming out, staying safe, and people to talk toFor LGBTQ+ people of any age, people who are not sure yet, and the parents and friends beside them. Keeps nothing.

The way your brain works: attention, autism, learning, tics

The first is for attention that won’t stay put (ADHD). The second is for wondering whether you are autistic, or everything being too loud, too bright, too much. The third is for reading, spelling, writing or math that has always taken more effort; it says a learning disability is not about being smart. The fourth is for tics you can’t stop and Tourette syndrome. All four are also for parents, and none has a quiz or a score.

When your attention won’t stay putYou can’t focus, finish things or keep track, you wonder whether it has been ADHD all along, you were just diagnosed, or it is your child or your partner. Keeps nothing.
When you wonder if it’s autismYou are an adult wondering whether you are autistic, you were just diagnosed, everything is too loud, too bright, too much, you are worried about how a young child is developing, or it is someone you love. Keeps nothing.
When reading, writing or math has always been harderReading, spelling, writing or math has always taken you more effort than it seems to take other people, you were just told you have a learning disability, dyslexia, dysgraphia or dyscalculia, or it is your child who is struggling. Keeps nothing.
When your body moves or makes sounds you didn’t chooseYou have tics you can’t stop (blinking, jerking, sniffing, sounds or words), you were just told you have Tourette syndrome or another tic disorder, or it is your child who has tics. Keeps nothing.

Memory, or a hit to the head

The first is for anyone worried about their own memory, living with dementia, or caring for someone who is; it has no memory test. The second is for a hit to the head, now or years ago, and names the danger signs that mean call 911.

When memory starts to slipWorried about your own memory, living with dementia, or caring for someone who is. Keeps nothing.
After a hit to the headYou hit your head, or you haven’t felt right since a blow, a fall, a crash or a fight; it is your child; or it happened years ago and nobody ever looked at it. Keeps nothing.

Plan ahead, while you are well

The first is a plan you write on a good day: your own early warning signs and what you will do when you notice them. The second writes down how you want to be treated in a mental-health crisis and who should speak for you, shaped to your state’s law. The third is a private box you fill while you are well, to open on a hard day.

Staying well: my early-signs planA plan you write on a good day. What you type is kept only in this browser.
Psychiatric advance directiveWrite down, while you are well, how you want to be treated in a mental-health crisis and who should speak for you. What you type is kept only in this browser.
A box for hard daysFill a private box while you’re well. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Before you call or go in

These three are for anyone’s appointment, call or medicines. The first makes one page to hand to your doctor, therapist or psychiatrist.

Get ready for your appointmentTen minutes before you go: what has been happening, your medicines, your questions and what helps you, on one page to hand to your doctor, therapist or psychiatrist, with room to write down the plan. What you type is kept only in this browser.
Call script: know what you will say before you dialA phone call you keep putting off? Write who you are calling, the sentence that says what you want, what to have ready and what to ask. What you type is kept only in this browser.
My medicines: a list and a daily check“Did I already take it?” Write down what you take and when, tick each medicine as you take it, and the page keeps the time. What you type is kept only in this browser.

Care or medicine you can’t afford

The first is for anyone sick, hurt or out of medicine with no insurance or no money, and covers low-cost mental health care. The second is for anyone who can’t pay for a prescription. They were not made only for the mind and mood.

When you need a doctor and can’t paySick, hurt or out of medicine, with no insurance or no money, anywhere in the US. Keeps nothing.
When you can’t afford your medicine: what to ask, the programs that help, and buying online safelyFor anyone who can’t pay for a prescription, and the people beside them. Keeps nothing.

Good to know

What these pages are

All 44 were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast. No doctor, therapist or counselor has reviewed them.
The health guides pass on what named public sources say, such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), SAMHSA and NAMI. Most guides name the sources they were built from.
Every line on this list is copied from the page it points to when this list is built. This list adds no health facts of its own.
The order of the list is not an order of how serious a thing is. Being lower on the list does not make anything less urgent.
They are for the United States: the phone numbers and the offices are U.S. ones.

What this page can’t do

It is not medical advice. It cannot tell one problem from another, it has no quiz and no score, and it cannot tell you whether to wait or to get help now.
It does not have every subject. If what you have is not on this list, a doctor, a counselor or low-cost care can help.
Most of these pages were written about adults. The ADHD, autism, learning and tics pages are also for parents, and the bipolar, anxiety and OCD pages have a part on children and teenagers.
It does not replace a doctor, a therapist, a counselor or a crisis line. If something feels wrong to you, reach out to one of them.

Pages that go with this

The phone list: the helplines the guides lead with, on one page.
Heart, blood and hormones: find the right page and Eyes and sight: find the right page: the other lists like this one.
All the free tools, and search.
Pass it on: any of these pages as a code to show or a slip to print.

If any of this has left you thinking about ending your life or hurting yourself, call or text 988 (in the U.S.) now, or open Get help now.

A list to help you find a page, not a doctor or a therapist. General information for the United States. It is not medical, legal, financial or educational advice.

This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). The names and lines of the 44 pages are read from the pages’ own descriptions when this page is built. The page was checked by programs, not yet used by people. It runs no analytics or tracking (privacy). Also in Spanish: Mente y ánimo. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].