Don't panic - Depression and panic help

The app has sevenbasic modules: melancholy, anxiety panic assaults, self-harm, suicidal ideas, temper monitoring, eating dysfunction and skilled assist sources.

The module DEPRESSION accommodates the WHAT CAN HELP ME function, together with ideas that might help the user feel higher (e.g. exercise, meditation, listening to music, watching videos, drawing, guided relaxation). ACTIVITY PLANNER, which motivates the user to create a to-do listing of duties (check off, edit or delete the accomplished objectives anytime) and WHAT MADE ME HAPPY to assist the individual concentrate on the positives of the past day.

The module ANXIETY PANIC ATTACKS aims on serving to the consumer overcome intense feelings of hysteria and panic assaults. It consists of two forms of respiratory workouts, designed to instantly help the person to settle down. The first train focuses on deep breathing solely – switching between inhaling and exhaling. The second train is concentrated on the ‚box breathing‘ technique– full inhale, holding your breath, full exhale and once more holding your breath.

Another characteristic included in this module is COUNTING of easy mathematical equations to help the consumer concentrate on something apart from the anxious ideas and bodily reactions that accompany every panic assault. The equations are mechanically generated and embody addition, subtraction and multiplication of numbers 0 to 9, and are immediately corrected. The last feature on this module consists of more suggestions on what to do when feeling anxious (e.g. respiration train, rely from one hundred to 0, watch your favorite movie and so forth.)

The module SELF HARM tries to distract from the urges. Once again it provides two breathing exercises. The function WHAT CAN HELP ME contains ideas what to do as a substitute of wounding yourself (take an ice-cube or red marker and transfer it throughout your skin the place you'd normally harm yourself, write down your feelings and describe how you are feeling after which destroy the piece of paper, scream, train or attempt to diffuse the intense emotions via portray or guided relaxation).

The SUICIDAL THOUGHTS module provides a list of reasons and activities and which may forestall the thoughts or no much less than present the worth of one‘s life. The users create their very own EMERGENCY PLANS. The app allows the user to make listing of protected actions in its place situation to follow in disaster. The plan contains: who will I contact, what's going to I say/write, what is going to I do or where will I go in case of an emergency. It is right to create the plan when one is able to assume rationally or with the assistance of one other particular person. This characteristic also includes a record of folks that care concerning the particular person and would probably be hurt by his actions.

In the REASONS TO STAY ALIVE section, customers can create a list of people, issues and actions they like or care about sufficient to cease them from committing suicide. There are a few default entries within the list for users to have an thought what type of causes they could put in. And once more – the respiratory workout routines are included in the SUICIDAL THOUGHT module.

In the final module – PROFESSIONAL HELP RESOURCES – there's a listing of cellphone numbers with the choice of immediately calling the ambulance, sizzling lines and crisis centres. We also included hyperlinks to chat rooms in case anybody prefers typing over speaking.

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The app is open-source with supply codes available here: https://github.com/ichlubna/mind