Mental Health Resources
Welcome to our Resource Page...
During this time of unprecedented unknowns and uncertainty the one thing we are sure of is that managing your mental and physical health is critical to your well being.
It is our hope that you will utilize some of these resources to enhance your own well being and the well being of those around you.
The term self-care describes the actions that an individual might take in order to reach optimal physical and mental health. Self-care can also refer to activities that an individual engages in to relax or attain emotional well-being, such as meditating, journaling, or visiting a counselor.
- Proper diet
- Adequate sleep
- Exercise
- Mindfulness
- Smiles and laughter
- Practicing gratitude
- Spiritual disciplines
- Connected relationships
Tip: Talk to yourself the way you would talk to someone you love.
Avoid ruminating about the past or worrying excessively about the future, which creates "imaginary stress"
Check out this video by Dr. Mike Evans: The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do to Manage Stress
- Emotional Intelligence is the ability to recognize, understand and manage our own emotions. Recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others. -Peter Salavoy and John Mayer
- Learn to recognize signs of emotional dysregulation and activate positive coping to get the "rational brain" back in control of the "emotional brain"
- Recommended reading:
Therapy Assistance Online
(for staff, faculty, and students of TTU and TTUHSC)
- Gottman's Making Marriage Work (video)
- Gottman's Four Horsemen (video)
- Gottman's Card Decks (app)
- Affair Recovery (website)
- Brene Brown's Empathy (video)
- Addiction Center (website)
- Quit Smoking by Dr. Mike Evans (video)
Suicide is a mixture of neurochemical vulnerability, desperation, and circumstance.
- Grief Share Groups
- Compassionate Friends: supporting family after a child dies
- Spark of Life (Grief Recovery Retreat)
- Other resources:
Tips for Coping with Grief and Loss:
- Take your time, don't judge or measure your reactions by those of others.
- Talk, share your feelings and the meaning this loss has for you.
- Pay attention to your body's needs. Exercise and balanced nutrition are essential.
- Surround yourself with friends and family who love and support you. Avoid isolating.
- Tears may come unexpectedly and at times when you thought you were finished grieving. Be patient with yourself.
- Allow yourself time to grieve as well as give yourself breaks from the grieving process.
- If you follow a religious faith, this can be a time for prayer and quiet meditation. Seek our your faith mentors.
- Avoid alcohol and other mind-altering substances.
- Learn to be sensitive and flexible with you new needs and lifestyle.
- Seek professional help if necessary.
Make an Appointment
The Counseling Center @ TTUHSC provides consultation and therapeutic services to employers, and their employees, with the primary mission being to promote health and wellness in the workplace.
Call 806.743.1327 or 800.327.0328
* National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...........call or text 988
Managing your mental and physical health is critical to your wellbeing and takes intentionality.
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Anonymous Mental Health Screening
- You feel you are in immediate danger of harming yourself.
- You feel you are in immediate danger of harming someone else.
- You have recently been assaulted or had a traumatic experience.
Please do one of the following:
- Call 911 – you will be connected with the police who can help you get emergency services.
- Call the StarCare Crisis Team (806-740-1414).
- Go to your local emergency room.
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
-Hellen Keller