Emotions and feelings can be complicated and confusing at times - sometimes all you know is that you don’t feel right in yourself. You could be feeling numb, distant, anxious, confused, frustrated or empty - to name a few.

If you are struggling with how you're feeling in certain situations, it's not necessarily because you have a problem, or because something is wrong. We all have moments where we find it hard to understand our feelings, and you shouldn't feel bad about it when it happens to you. Instead you should give yourself permission to feel whatever you need to feel in that moment and then find positive ways look after yourself.

If you are not sure how you feel, here are some apps, websites and downloads that you might find helpful.

  • Young Minds: This is the UK's leading charity committed to improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people.
  • Childline: A counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the UK provided by the NSPCC
  • Heads Together: A campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on mental health.
  • Rethink Mental Illness: Help & support for people affected by mental illness.
  • Samaritans: A registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or struggling to cope.
  • Support Line: Offers confidential emotional telephone support in the UK for men, women, children and young adults.
  • MindMate:​ Helps young people understand the way they are feeling and find the right advice and support.
  • Stem 4: Charity that supports positive mental health in teenagers.
  • On My Mind: Aims to empower young people to make informed choices about their mental health and well-being.
  • Rise Above: Helpful information about gaining confidence, managing anxiety and general advice from the people who’ve been there themselves.
  • Kooth: is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people, accessible through mobile, tablet and desktop and free at the point of use.
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists - Coping with stress: for young people: This webpage looks at what stress is, what causes it and how it might feel to be suffering from stress.
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists - Exercise and mental health: for young people: This webpage explains the link between physical activity and mental health and offers some suggestions about getting started.
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists - When bad things happen: This information is aimed at young people, and is about how to cope when bad things happen.
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists - How to cope when life is difficult: When life is difficult, it's important to be able to cope without feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
  • Coping with Stress: is a virtual phone app aimed at helping young people cope with stress.

  • Headspace: A meditation app that acts as a personal guide to health and happiness.
  • Super​better: Helps build resilience - the ability to stay strong, motivated and optimistic even in the face of difficult obstacles.
  • Happify: Turns the latest innovations in the science of happiness into activities and games that help you lead a more fulfilling life.
  • Smiling Mind: A meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life.
  • Calm: Meditation techniques to aid with stress and sleep.
  • SafeSpot: Aims to provide young people with access to coping strategies and resources to help better cope with difficult situations.
  • MyLife Meditation: Check in with how you’re feeling, and try short activities tuned to your emotions.
  • Virtual Hope Box: An app that contains simple tools to help with coping, relaxation, distraction, and positive thinking.
  • Combined Minds: An app developed to help families and friends support young people with their mental health.
  • Cove: Create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness and anger to help express how you feel.
  • MeeTwo: is a free fully moderated app for young people, which provides peer support, expert help, inbuilt educational and creative resources.
  • Check In: Helps take the fear out of having a conversation with a friend who might be struggling.
  • 1 Giant Mind: This app is for anyone who wants to feel less stressed, calmer and more present and experience greater health and well-being.
  • Think Ninja: This app from Healios, helps young people aged 11 to 17 years old with their mental health, emotional well-being and resilience and is being made available for free during the Coronavirus crisis.
  • Feeling Good Teens: Uses short audio tracks to help let go of worry, improve sleep, develop self-esteem, resilience and goal focused motivation. Access is free at the moment:
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