The Keep:Mental Health Warriors Unite

Overview
Who: People battling with Mental Health

Goal: To build a place that is real & close enough to be open about struggles & challenges, while remaining a positive force for hope.

Party Rules

 * Be respectful
 * Do not start a quest unless it is up next in the QUEST QUEUE (see details in Quest Queue section below)
 * If you are participating in a boss quest and have missed some dailies, please spend the night in the Inn to avoiding harming your party members.  (It IS possible for a single person to kill the entire party all at once if they have missed enough dailies. Some bosses do more damage than others and it is entirely possible that a high-level boss could deal over 50 HP damage at once as a result of a single person's missed dailies. I have experienced it. It is not fun.)
 * And of course, try to have fun and show off your costumes and the pets and mounts you've raised!

Quests & the Quest Queue
This is an attempt to democratize the process of deciding which quests our party will go on. We're still working the bugs out! I anyone is dissatisfied with the current arrangement or has ideas about how to improve upon it, please send a PM to asl / @x4ojM to let me know! HOW THIS WORKS: Party members let me (asl/@x4ojM) know what quests they own by sending me (asl/@x4ojM) PMs. I create a list of quests available to the party and post it on this wiki page (see below). People can VOTE (click for instructions)  for the quests in those lists. Those votes, combined with feedback gathered from party chat and logistical concerns are used to generate the Quest Queue. The Quest Queue lists which quests the group had decided they want to go on next. If you are the owner of a quest that is coming up soon in the queue, I (asl/@x4ojM) will send you a PM letting you know when to start the quest.

NEW AUTO ACCEPT QUEST INSTRUCTIONS:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR71C0hAJ6ZBqBrbP8eiVioNvoXugr_CUpT2ClbUj1RqfcEwokUDoaOv4sQBKdDxzHjAbHjo7J47Kxo/pub

THE QUEST QUEUE (current as of  02/27 ):


 * CURRENT: Marshmallow Slime (Boss 400)
 * 1) Gryphon (Boss 300)
 * 2) Mayhem in Mistiflying Part 3 (Boss 1000)
 * 3) Rooster (Boss 300)
 * 4) Terror in the Taskwoods Part 1 (Boss 500)
 * 5) Turtle (Boss 300)

AVAILABLE QUESTS & VOTING

Vote for UP TO 3 quests by putting your name (or a shortened version of it) in the box in front of the quests you're most interested in. MORE SPECIFIC RULES & HOW-TO FOR VOTING (as put into effect 02/21) ARE HERE'

PET QUESTS:

(REWARDS FOR PET QUESTS ARE ALWAYS 3 EGGS OF THAT PET, PLUS VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF XP POINTS AND GOLD BASED ON THE DIFFICULTY OF THE QUEST)

EQUIPMENT QUESTS (Part 1 - New Equipment Quests):

EQUIPMENT QUESTS (Part 2 - Repeat Equipment Quests):

OTHER QUESTS AVAILABLE INCLUDE BEGINNER LEVEL QUESTS SUCH AS THE BASI-LIST, BUT HIGHER LEVEL PARTY MEMBERS (LVL 60+) ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE.

COMPLETED QUESTS

A list of all our completed quests (including date of completion) can be seen HERE

Party Challenges
1.  BUILDING BATTLE BUDDIES Little Bear (Jen) @JenieB

Out of the blue I received a PM from someone asking if I knew of a good party focused on mental health. That question lead to the creation of this party as well as the first challenge. BUILDING BATTLE BUDDIES was designed to help the party get to know each other, figure out how to best help each other, and establish what we were all looking for in a party. To win a gem, post something from each of these 3 topics in party chat.

AWARD WINNERS:
 * Neala - 1 extra gem for being first to complete challenge
 * Stevie Oberg
 * Rain
 * Kyrison - donated gem back to party
 * ONGOING CHALLENGE- who will win next?

2.  PREFERRED PRONOUNS created by asl @x4ojM

3.  FORGING CHALLENGES created by Little Bear (Jen) @JenieB

This challenge was created to get some ideas and teams together to create future challenges. As well as, creating basic and mental health related master lists. And for some extra fun, a master gamified task list.

PRIZES: submissions due by 24 February awards will be given 26 Feb.
 * BEST CHALLENGE IDEA:
 * BEST CHALLENGE IDEA:
 * BEST BASIC LIST:
 * MOST TASKS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH :
 * MOST TASKS RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH:
 * MOST CREATIVE GAMIFIED TASK:
 * MOST CREATIVE GAMIFIED TASK:

Recommended Guilds & Guild Challenges

 * Living Vividly 
 * The Chronic Illness Guild
 * Mentally ill 
 * ADHDers Guild
 * Autistic Adventurers' Guild
 * Anxiety Alliance - Focus on the FEELING not the FEAR
 * Complusive Overeaters and Co. - Me and the Food (happy and healthy relationship), Mindful Eating, I went to the shop and bought only the things I had planned to buy
 * Be Kind to Yourself Guild - Good Work!, Self-compassion, Treat Yo' Self, Imprefect is Good!, Selfcare, Constructive Self-Talk
 * UNFREEZE the Freeze Response, CPTSD and truama (no/minium triggers) - Unfreeze the Freeze Response 2.0
 * Knights of Academia - They have new self improvement/self discipline challenges each week but list of past ones are here https://knightsofacademia.com/category/cotw/
 * Flow - Making a hard task easier
 * One Good Thing - Find one good thing today & share it with other
 * The BFRB Guild - BFRB Beginner Challenge, BFRB Expert Challenge, Redirection, Lirbary of BFRB Task Ideas
 * Mindfullness and Relaxation - Beginning Meditation Resources, Twice Daliy Meditation

Subsection 1: Youtube Videos
Please feel free to add more videos!

-  sometimes when you feel stuck sitting in a chair like you can’t even get up (I have been there) the 5-4-3-2-1-Go method explained in this video can help: https://youtu.be/i129CFqBIzg

- the short version of Kristen Neff’s TED talk on self-compassion vs. self-esteem. It is a video I would recommend to everyone: https://youtu.be/IvtZBUSplr4

Subsection 2: Inspirational Image Gallery
Please feel free to add more images! (just click the button below the gallery)

CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT DIFFICULTIES

Subsection 3: Links
Please feel free to add more links! - Cute animal gifs to look at when you are feeling down: http://animalygifs.tumblr.com/archive

- Good website with mental health related articles https://themighty.com

- Real stories, real lives http://yourockfoundation.org

- Awesome cute comics, makes me laugh so hard https://www.instagram.com/nathanwpylestrangeplanet/

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