LibGuides: Virtual Study Break Pack: Calm and Meditation

Apps for Your Mental Health

Merced College's Student Health Services recommend the following apps to help with mental health, including stress. Not all of these apps are free. You also will want to look into data privacy and other agreements.

Crisis

MY3
Define your support network, create a safety plan, store info, and find support.

Stress / Anxiety

Calm
Meditation and sleep stories.
Headspace
Guided meditation and mindfulness.
WhatsUp
Addresses negative thinking patterns and feelings, habit tracker, breathing techniques, and forums.
Mind Shift
Learn more helpful ways of thinking; active steps to deal with anxiety.
Breath2Relax
Guided breathing exercises and stress management (also available on Android).
Self-Help for Anxiety Management (SAM)
Methods to help manage anxiety.
Sanvello
Mindfulness and mood- & health-tracking skills.

Depression

Happify
Games / techniques to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
MoodTools
Thought diary, activities, and tracking to help combat depression.

Self-Harm

Calm Harm
Helps you resist the urge to self-harm with activities to distract, comfort, release, express, etc.