EMERGENCY/CRISIS RESOURCES
911 — If you are in a life threatening emergency please call 911
Colorado Crisis Services (CCS) — monitors a 24-hour support line for anyone affected by a mental health, substance use or emotional crisis. All calls and texts are connected to a mental health professional who will provide immediate support, as well as connections to further resources, including linkage to the closest walk-in crisis center or dispatch of the mobile crisis unit. Call 1-844-493-TALK or text TALK to 38255
Walk-in Crisis Center & Addiction Services — Mental Health Partners’ Walk-In Crisis Center is open in Boulder 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services include confidential, in-person support, information and referrals to anyone in need. The center is available to those in need of direct services or those seeking to help engage another person in services, whether the crisis is substance-use related, or psychiatric or both. 3180 Airport Road, Boulder, CO.
Crisis Text Line — provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteers to support people in their moments of need - https://www.crisistextline.org
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 200 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices. Dial 988.
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Grounding Techniques
The Change Triangle (for processing core emotions)
“The Change Triangle is a place to turn to in that immediate moment when something within you, or someone or something in your environment causes you to experience emotional struggle. I turn to The Change Triangle because almost as soon as I figure out "where I am on The Triangle" I feel better for two reasons: 1) just from gaining some distance and perspective from my immediate feeling; and 2) from having some direction of what to do to help myself feel better.”
Ventral Vagal Activation
Positive emotions and experiences are central in ventral vagal activation
The Diving Reflex — Put cold water or ice on your face. This activates a parasympathetic reaction that slows you down when you are hyperaroused (as though you were drowning – it is meant to conserve energy)
The Valsalva maneuver — Hold your breath and push as though you were having a bowel movement. This activates the vagus nerve and slows the heart