Sometimes you just need a minute.
When things feel a bit much, start here.
What do you need help with right now?
Sometimes is a mental health site designed to be different. We called it Sometimes because you might only need it sometimes.
We thought about how the site looks, how the words are written, and what someone might need to see clearly laid out when they are struggling. We thought about different ways people think and learn, including people who are neurodiverse or dyslexic, and brought this into the design.
We thought about what it's like to be awake and stressing at 3am, and made the site in dark colours that would be easier on the eyes.
If you have something going on, Sometimes is here to offer instant help, crisis help, local help in St Helens, and ways to help someone else.
We get that sometimes you don't want to feel like you have to phone a crisis line when you first come looking for help with your mental health. Sometimes you just want to understand what is going on, what you can do to help yourself or someone else, and what help there is for when you're ready.
That is why we made Sometimes. It's somewhere to understand conditions, find ideas for things you can do, and find help available in St Helens.
Sometimes.info was made in St Helens, for St Helens. Our very small project team worked closely for months with local people and services to co-produce this site for the people who will actually use it, and who needed something very local and different from other self-help sites out there.
The project is funded by St Helens Borough Council Public Health, who want to make it easier for local people to get help with their mental health and help prevent suicide in our borough.
If you feel lost or alone, we hope Sometimes helps you come back to the present moment, feel a little better, or find a local service that can help you right now or by tomorrow morning. You really are not alone here in St Helens, and you really do matter.
Sometimes you just need somewhere to start.
