If you may be in immediate dangerUse your local emergency service now. Mind Your Mood does not monitor you, contact emergency services, or automatically contact a trusted person.
Add an item to your safety plan
- In the left navigation, select Safety Plan.
- Select the section you want to complete: warning signs, calming steps, coping methods, safe places, what others can do, reminders, or support for suicidal thoughts.
- Select Add item.
- Answer the prompt for that section, then select Add.
To change an item, select it, choose Edit item, update the text and save. To remove it, select it and use the remove action, then confirm.
Coping guidanceSelect Coping guidance, then choose a topic from the list. This is general information, not diagnosis, treatment or emergency support.
Add a trusted contact
- From Safety Plan, select Trusted contacts.
- Select Add contact.
- Enter the person’s name and the phone number and/or email address you want to use.
- Tick the methods this person is available for: calls, messages and/or email.
- Select Add.
To change or remove a contact, select the contact first, then use Edit or Delete. Review deletion carefully before confirming.
Create a safety card
- From Safety Plan, open Safety cards.
- Select Add.
- Complete the four prompts: how you can calm yourself, what you can tell yourself, who you can call, and where you can go.
- Save the card.
Add a spoken reminder
- From Safety Plan, open Spoken reminders.
- Select Add audio reminder and choose the audio file.
- Select a reminder to use the player or remove it.
RememberSpoken reminders are personal playback tools. They do not monitor your wellbeing or call anyone.
Use Help Now
- Open Help Now.
- Choose Call, Message or Email.
- Select a trusted contact available for that method.
- Review the contact and, for messages or email, the prepared text.
- Select Continue. Windows opens the registered phone, messaging or email app.
- Review everything in that app and choose whether to send or place the call.
You remain in controlHelp Now prepares a handoff; it does not send a message, send an email or make a call by itself.