Study motivation

The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.

Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433

LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743

Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438

Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673

Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272

Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253

Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453

UK Helplines:

Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail [email protected]

Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111

Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: [email protected]

Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 [email protected]

b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: [email protected]

b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)

Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: [email protected]

Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600

Drinkline: 0800 9178282

Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail [email protected]

Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight

India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614

India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669

Kids Help Phone (Canada): 1-800-668-6868, Free and available 24/7

suicide hotlines;

Argentina: 54-0223-493-0430

Australia: 13-11-14

Austria: 01-713-3374

Barbados: 429-9999

Belgium: 106

Botswana: 391-1270

Brazil: 21-233-9191

China: 852-2382-0000

(Hong Kong: 2389-2222)

Costa Rica: 606-253-5439

Croatia: 01-4833-888

Cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67

Czech Republic: 222-580-697, 476-701-908

Denmark: 70-201-201

Egypt: 762-1602

Estonia: 6-558-088

Finland: 040-5032199

France: 01-45-39-4000

Germany: 0800-181-0721

Greece: 1018

Guatemala: 502-234-1239

Holland: 0900-0767

Honduras: 504-237-3623

Hungary: 06-80-820-111

Iceland: 44-0-8457-90-90-90

Israel: 09-8892333

Italy: 06-705-4444

Japan: 3-5286-9090

Latvia: 6722-2922, 2772-2292

Malaysia: 03-756-8144

(Singapore: 1-800-221-4444)

Mexico: 525-510-2550

Netherlands: 0900-0767

New Zealand: 4-473-9739

New Guinea: 675-326-0011

Nicaragua: 505-268-6171

Norway: 47-815-33-300

Philippines: 02-896-9191

Poland: 52-70-000

Portugal: 239-72-10-10

Russia: 8-20-222-82-10

Spain: 91-459-00-50

South Africa: 0861-322-322

South Korea: 2-715-8600

Sweden: 031-711-2400

Switzerland: 143

Taiwan: 0800-788-995

Thailand: 02-249-9977

Trinidad and Tobago: 868-645-2800

As someone who has had a breakdown for every year of my high school life up to now I think I know what’s up so here you go

Find a private place that’s not at home for study and ‘me time’: Having a place that you can go to study, listen to music, read a book or scroll through social media that is your own helps you find relief without the feeling of being trapped in your room/home. If you have a tendency to lock yourself in your room when stressed, it’s very likely that your room will become a place where you will feel stressed as a result of being in there. I suggest going to the library, a cafe, a park or even just a private room in your school (I have always been a fan of the music practice rooms)

Don’t leave too much time on your hands: Too much time = Procrastination. Procrastination will always lead to stress. And usually, depending on how long you’ve let your procrastination lead on, it can lead to a lot of anxiety over finishing things last minute as well as anger at yourself for procrastinating.

Don’t leave too little time on your hands: Overworking will kill you. Hard work is always good yes, but if you are balancing like 5 extra-curricular activities, taking extra courses, are in a whole bunch of student councils and have a job honestly you will cry because you will not be able to handle everything because on top of all that, you will still need to study and you will get anxious over finishing everything.

Set realistic goals. Make a schedule/plan: So as I mentioned earlier, leaving too much or too little time in your hands will in one way or another make you cry. Are you really going to sit down and study for 3 hours? Be honest with yourself. Especially if up to now you’ve been the kind of person who has either A) gotten by without studying or B) always gotten distracted after 15 minutes of studying, you are not setting yourself up with realistic goals. It’s like fitness. You cannot expect yourself to be able to go and run a marathon when you still get out of breath going up the stairs. You got to transition into the habits you want to develop.

Stay healthy: I cannot say this enough honestly. Every time that I’ve had a breakdown, it was around the time my exercise routine would slip, or my clean eating shtick would have too many “cheats” to even be considered clean anymore. Do yourself a favor. Drink enough water. Eat enough food. Make sure you’re getting the nutrients you need. Exercise a little every week, even if that means dancing around your room for half an hour every other day that is perfectly fine just do it.

Mess creates stress!: Organization is hard. I get it. I really do. So if you’re a messy person, like I am, find at least once a week or every 2 weeks where you clean up all your mess. And try to stick to better organizational habits. Find what works for you.

Make a stop doing list: So far everything here has been based off a lot of my personal experiences and things that have led to me eventually breaking down. You probably know what’s causing your stress so take time and evaluate yourself. What are your bad habits? Do you waste all your time on social media? You know yourself best