How do you take care of your mental health?

[goldmac2006]

When you transfer to the full four-year college or university to which you have previously on MR indicated you were accepted and will be going this coming fall (don't know if it is local to you or located far from home) you might want to check out that school's resources in terms of health services, including mental health. Many students do struggle with various issues and, yes, it is important to get help and support, preferably early-on if possible.

My counselor suggested that I check out other providers besides the two she had recommended. I’ve already had a consultation with the second provider she referred me to, and she graciously agreed to provide me with pro bono therapy virtually for the rest of 2025 to continue with my therapy sessions and pick up where I left off from school therapy.

Will check out the ones that my future university offers too. Then I will send out my final decision to proceed to a provider that I seem interested in the most.

 

[Clix Pix]

My counselor suggested that I check out other providers besides the two she had recommended. I’ve already had a consultation with the second provider she referred me to, and she graciously agreed to provide me with pro bono therapy virtually for the rest of 2025 to continue with my therapy sessions and pick up where I left off from school therapy.

Will check out the ones that my next university offers too. Then I will send out my final decision to proceed to a provider that I seem interested in the most.

Briefly sliding off-topic here: Something which has been bugging me for a while and which I want to now spell out here for myself and others reading your posts in various threads on MR is that in fact, you have not been and are not presently attending and will be graduating from a university or four-year college at all, but rather a two-year community college program. Why the reason that I feel the need to point this out? In posts I've seen from you around MR you often refer to being at "uni" and such, which terminology to many people is going to be very misleading.

First off, "uni" is an abbreviation most frequently used by people in the UK, not the US. Why, as an undergraduate student in the US would you even be using that wording? Secondly, a "university" is significantly different from a "college" (either four-year or two-year) due to the degree programs that each of them offers and confers on students. Simply stated, a local community college is not on the same playing field as a four year college offering bachelor's degrees, much less a full-fledged university which offers higher level degrees beyond a bachelor's and master's degrees, awarding Ph.D degrees to candidates who have fulfilled the requirements. So why are you referring to "my next university"?

There, that's out of the way.... Whether or not you choose to go with local mental health resources in your own community (if also the next school you'll be attending is also local) or whether you'll be going with whatever resources in the new school is entirely up to you, of course. It is good that you are considering what to do in terms of your own mental health and ability to fully function in the world, so that's the most important piece of all of this.

Go for it, assess and then choose to get the help and support you may want and need!

 

[splifingate]

how do you guys take care of your mental health?

I teach HS-level Sciences in a Charter School housed at a PRTF, and self-care is crucial.

Direct Care by any human who intimately cares for (and about) Clients in any Psychiatric arena adds levels of nuance; organically exponential degrees of psycho-social (P/S) absorption and transference are inherently extant in virtually every moment.

I'm currently in the process of self-study for advanced Certification.

I've voluntarily agreed to teach a double-handful of detailed Subjects to a 90+ disparate cohort of very young, very disturbed kiddos. I am also tasked with advancing my continued Education; the pressures of which often breach my immediate capacity, and require me to regularly assess, maintain and secure a focus upon my own, personal P/S sanctity.

A challenge--to-be-sure--but not really as difficult as I had originally imagined.

As a quinquagenarian, this experience has tested my ability and capacity in ways that I heretofore had never dreamed.

The primary derivative of this Experience continues to support the Thesis that I can definitely achieve my intended goals, and provides evidence that success is measured not in Goals, but by measured Success.

It's about the Process; not the Goal

 

[goldmac2006]

Just saw an Inside Edition episode from my YT feed about a young widow doing a startup to help promote SEL and self-care while coping with grief and loss. She wrote books and also has an online course for y'all who recently lost a family member or friend to learn how to process these hard feelings while still remembering the decedent(s). The Moon Widow.

themoonwidow

The widow who created this also done therapy and meditation/self-care strategies when she lost her fiance due to an aneurysm/blood clot on May 24 2023.

 

[goldmac2006]

Briefly sliding off-topic here: Something which has been bugging me for a while and which I want to now spell out here for myself and others reading your posts in various threads on MR is that in fact, you have not been and are not presently attending and will be graduating from a university or four-year college at all, but rather a two-year community college program. Why the reason that I feel the need to point this out? In posts I've seen from you around MR you often refer to being at "uni" and such, which terminology to many people is going to be very misleading.

First off, "uni" is an abbreviation most frequently used by people in the UK, not the US. Why, as an undergraduate student in the US would you even be using that wording? Secondly, a "university" is significantly different from a "college" (either four-year or two-year) due to the degree programs that each of them offers and confers on students. Simply stated, a local community college is not on the same playing field as a four year college offering bachelor's degrees, much less a full-fledged university which offers higher level degrees beyond a bachelor's and master's degrees, awarding Ph.D degrees to candidates who have fulfilled the requirements. So why are you referring to "my next university"?

There, that's out of the way.... Whether or not you choose to go with local mental health resources in your own community (if also the next school you'll be attending is also local) or whether you'll be going with whatever resources in the new school is entirely up to you, of course. It is good that you are considering what to do in terms of your own mental health and ability to fully function in the world, so that's the most important piece of all of this.

Go for it, assess and then choose to get the help and support you may want and need!

Got it.

I am starting my evaluation with the therapist I switched to, that the school picked for me via telehealth this Tuesday.

Wish me luck!

 

[liam899]

Lately I’ve been trying to take my mental health more seriously. This summer I went to Legacy Healing Center in Parsippany, NJ for a short residential program and it helped me get back into a routine. Since then I’ve been doing weekly therapy and trying to stay active: long walks, journaling, and cutting back on caffeine helped more than I expected. I’m not great at consistency, but even small habits like sleeping on time and keeping my phone out of the bedroom make a difference.

 

[boswald]

I've been seeing a therapist since 2004, and taking medicine for about the same time. To this day I still do it, but I also try to avoid stressful situations and things like crowds. Makes a huge difference. Some things I don't like aren't avoidable (e.g. driving), but I work around it... most of the time.

 

[Bodhitree]

Taking enough rest and good sleep hygiene is number one, doing stretches and a short session of basic cardio in the morning, not too much coffee, medication (if any) at regular times during the day, healthy eating, limited amounts of social media, going for a walk out in nature at least once or twice a week. That’s what I do.

 

[Letlie]

Hello and happy new year to everyone!
As the new year is around the corner and I really want to change my life and myself the next year but am suffering from a crippling depression and suicidal thoughts and therapy hasn't really helped and apps like Tinder and Bumble etc make things just worse I wanted to ask how do you guys take care of your mental health? Travelling doesn't really help either.

Any tips for everyone of us? Even the smallest tips help. I recently saw a reel where it told you to look in the mirror when you wake up and tell yourself "I love you". I'm going to try that.

In my view, the mind and the body are two separate beings. When your mind wants to harm your body, or even leave it behind, it’s often because the two have lost “communication.”


How much time do you actually spend letting your mind feel your body? Or has your mind been constantly busy communicating with the outside world—through phones, computers, other people, endless information—while neglecting your own body?


If that’s the case, try taking a pause from all external busyness and truly feel your body. Go out into nature, feel the warmth and energy of sunlight on your skin, the refreshing sensation of fresh air filling your lungs. Slowly and gently, be kind to yourself. Love yourself.Nothing is more important than you.