# Mental Health

> Mindfulness, stress management, CBT principles, sleep hygiene, boundaries, and professional help

- Skill: `gabrielmoreira/mental-health` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/mental-health`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/mental-health/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/mental-health

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# Mental Health

Build resilience, manage stress, and maintain mental wellness.

## Daily Practices

### Mindfulness
- **5-minute morning check-in**: Breathe, scan body, set intention
- **Single-tasking**: Do one thing at a time, fully present
- **Gratitude**: Note 3 things you're grateful for daily
- **Walking meditation**: 10 min walk without phone or music

### Stress Management
| Technique | When | How |
|-----------|------|-----|
| Box breathing | Acute stress | 4-4-4-4 count |
| Progressive relaxation | Tension | Tense/release each muscle group |
| Thought record | Rumination | Write thought, challenge it, reframe |
| Time blocking | Overwhelm | Calendar everything, buffer time |
| Physical activity | Pent-up energy | 10 min movement |

## CBT Principles

### Cognitive Distortions to Recognize
- **All-or-nothing**: "I always mess up"
- **Catastrophizing**: "This will be a disaster"
- **Mind reading**: "They think I'm incompetent"
- **Should statements**: "I should be further along"
- **Labeling**: "I'm a failure"

### Reframing Strategy
1. Identify the automatic thought
2. What's the evidence for and against?
3. What would I tell a friend in this situation?
4. Generate a balanced thought

## Professional Help
Therapy is not just for crises — it's maintenance. Options:
- **CBT**: Practical, structured, goal-oriented
- **DBT**: Emotion regulation, interpersonal skills
- **ACT**: Acceptance, values-aligned action

**Crisis resources**: 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)