Mental Health Spring Cleaning
Tracy Protell, MD
Checking in on your mental health is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Take a blank page to a place you feel calm, and jot down your feelings to help declutter your mind with the following questions.
Questions:
- One good habit I'd like to pick up
- One thing I can do every day to build my habit
- Three things I'm grateful for
- Somebody safe I can reach out to when I'm in a bad place
- My fears
- Three ways to change the situation or distract myself from my fears
Reach out for Help
If you or a family member is experiencing a mental health crisis, help is available.
- Call 911, or visit an emergency department
- Call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Call the El Dorado County Mental Health crisis line: 530.544.2219
- Visit BartonHealth.org/MentalHealth for additional area resources
Dr. Tracy Protell is a child and adolescent psychiatrist with Barton Psychiatry & Mental Health. For more information about taking care of your mental health, or for a list of area resources and crisis lines, visit BartonHealth.org/MentalHealth.
