Thoughts & moods
Notice patterns and work through difficult situations
Use a quick mood check-in when you want a brief record, or follow the full thought-record flow one manageable step at a time.
Mind Your Mood documentation
Helpful guidance, one step at a time.
Learn your way around Mind Your Mood, find the tool you need, and follow practical guides using the same screens you see in the application.
- Clear, task-focused guides
- Windows app screenshots
- Safety information kept easy to find
Choose what you need now
You do not need to read the guides in order. Start with a familiar area, or use the quick links below to go directly to a task.
Look for the same screen
Each guide is organised around the application screen and action names, so it is easier to follow alongside Mind Your Mood.
Keep control of your information
Mind Your Mood stores its working records locally on your computer. The guides explain when an action adds, changes, removes or hands off information.
Browse documentation
Where would you like to go?
These areas mirror the main navigation in Mind Your Mood. Open a guide for numbered instructions, screenshots and important information about what each action changes.
Thoughts & moodsQuick check-ins, thought records and mood progress
Activities & achievementsPlan activities and recognise progress
Safety & Help NowSafety plans, trusted contacts and handoffs
Treatment toolsMedication, plans, problem solving and affirmations
Personal mediaPositive imagery and music therapy playlists
Resources & planningConditions, strategies, medication information and appointments
Summary & settingsReview recorded information and adjust the app
Help using the appFind in-app guidance and understand common controls
A good place to begin
Get to know the home screen
The left-hand navigation stays with you throughout the application. The home cards lead to the same areas and add a short explanation of what each one is for.
- 1Choose an area
Use the navigation or a home card to open the tool you need.
- 2Use the page actions
Actions such as add, edit and remove appear at the top of each page.
- 3Return whenever you need
Select Home to come back to this overview without losing your saved records.
Guide collections
Explore Mind Your Mood by area
Each collection now opens a task-based guide. Follow the numbered steps beside Mind Your Mood and enlarge any screenshot when you need to match the screen.
Activities & achievements
Plan supportive activities and make progress visible
Add activities around achievement, intimacy and pleasure, then record accomplishments you want to remember.
Safety & Help Now
Prepare support information before you need it
Create a safety plan, keep coping guidance and spoken reminders close, and maintain trusted contacts. Help Now can prepare a call, message or email handoff for you to complete.
If you may be in immediate danger
Use your local emergency service now. Mind Your Mood does not contact emergency services or trusted contacts for you.
Treatment tools
Keep practical treatment-support tools together
Maintain medication records, break work into structured plans, work through problem-solving steps, and keep affirmations you find useful.
Personal media
Keep encouraging images and music close at hand
Build a positive imagery collection with your own comments, and organise music therapy playlists using media already available to you.
Resources & planning
Record reference information for future conversations
Keep notes about conditions, useful strategies and medication references, then prepare appointments and questions you want to raise.
Summary & settings
Review what you have recorded and tailor the experience
Use Summary for a consolidated view of information in the application. Settings lets you manage presentation, behaviour and local-data options.
Using the guides
Find guidance without interrupting your workflow
The Help page groups guidance around the same areas used by the application. Use this website when you want larger screenshots or a guide open beside the app.
Documentation principle
Start with the task in front of you. The guide should explain the next safe action without making you learn the whole application first.