Mend Your Mind was created where it was needed most: during inpatient treatment in a Mental Health Unit in Canada.

During a severe mental health break, Taylor—the creator of MYM—was hospitalized for the second time. Within this hospitalization, there were no cellphones, no computers, no internet or social media—just time to focus on healing and focusing on the future. The psychiatrist on the unit was also only available for a few minutes for each patient, due to covering multiple hospitals and emergency rooms in the county. Eager to heal and get back home, Taylor started graphing her symptoms, sleep, and mood, so that instead of spending the majority of her time with the psychiatrist rehashing how the day was, she could present data.

What started as simple charts drawn in a hospital bed turned into an efficient system for monitoring things like sleep and symptoms to be shared with a treatment team. When time is precious with professionals, this streamlined information allowed for more time to be focused on treatment and the future, rather than rehashing the facts of the past. It also enabled everyone involved to start to predict trends. For example, a few nights of bad sleep would always lead to a dip in mood. What’s more, taking the time to reflect on the day, work through stressors in a peaceful environment, and focus on mindfulness while filling out sheets allowed the mind the rest and space it needed to start working on healing. The benefits of this journaling system were obvious.

Since then, MYM has grown and continues to grow with every customer, working to provide customized solutions to monitoring and healing. We take every suggestion and customization very seriously, and are always looking for ways to incorporate what has worked for others into our available stock.

We sincerely hope that the Mend Your Mind journaling system can help you too.