PLAIN-LANGUAGE MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES

Help guides

Find practical context when you need to understand what is happening

The guide library brings practical educational material into the same calm space as reflection and practice, across wellbeing, mental health and recovery topics.

What Help guides includes

  • Organized by what you are facing
  • Connected to practical tools
  • Careful boundaries

Organized by what you are facing

Use clear categories and readable guide cards instead of searching through one overwhelming wall of information.

Connected to practical tools

A guide can help you understand a topic, while breathing, DBT practice, journaling and scheduling help you act on what feels useful.

Careful boundaries

Health information is educational, names uncertainty and directs people toward professional or emergency help when self-guided tools are not enough.

How it works

  1. Open the guide library and choose a relevant category.
  2. Select one article rather than trying to absorb the whole library.
  3. Save a practical thought or move into a connected self-guided tool.
  4. Return later when you have capacity for the next piece.

Articles are general educational information and cannot assess your individual health or replace qualified professional advice.

Questions about Help guides

Are the guides only about addiction?

No. The library includes broader mental health, emotional wellbeing, relationships, coping and recovery topics.

Are the articles medical advice?

No. They provide general educational context and do not diagnose or recommend individual treatment.

Is the library free?

Yes. The guide library is part of the free Mind.org.im service.

Mind.org.im is a genuine free self-guided wellbeing service provided by Cloud OI (Pty) Ltd and built by Kai Parsons. It is not therapy, diagnosis, medical care, crisis intervention or an emergency service.