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The best thing about working from home 

“When you say “Looooong”, I think of my cat. Around 15 years ago, someone made me lots of collages of my cat. The cat is still alive and she is the longest living cat in our family!”

“Now she is 17 years old. She does not climb to high places anymore, but she is relaxing and living her life.”

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happy thoughts:

Happier (chronicling & sharing your happy moments + seeing others’ happy moments + self help courses)

Gratitude Journal - Thank You.

Gratitude Journal

Affirmations

meditation:

GPS for the Soul

Headspace

Calm

Stop, Breathe & Think (includes mental & physical & emotional check-in)

Omvana

for calming down & relieving anxiety:

SAM - Self-help Anxiety Management

Pacifica (emotional & physical check-in + relaxation meditations + thought journal)

Breathe (simple breathing animation with adjustable pace)

Paced Breathing (different breathing profiles; careful: plays sound when you open the app)

What’s Up? (coping strategies + help right now + information + personal section (diary, habits, notes))

ReachOut WorryTime (set aside your worries to deal with them later)

Thisissand

MindShift

suicide prevention & depression:

MoodTools - Depression Aid (includes basic information + activities + depression test + journal + suicide safety plan)

Suicide Safety Plan

Happy Habits: Choose Happiness

NIH Depression Information

Depression Inventory

reach out to others/share your thoughts:

TalkLife * (online community for talking about worries and mental health problems)

7 Cups of Tea (”Free, anonymous, and confidential conversations with trained active listeners” + support forums)

Vent (statuses sorted by emotions; option to react to others’ posts with “hug” “omg” “star” etc)

mood trackers:

In Flow

Moodlytics

T2 Mood Tracker

eMoods Bipolar Mood Tracker

ambient sounds:

Ambio

TaoMix

White Noise - Rainy Day

Nature Meditation Sound *

Sleep Pillow

other:

Plant Nanny (helps you drink enough water)

Lifesum (eat healthier, drink enough water, exercise)

TherapyBuddy

PTSD Coach

hey everyone! it’s been a while since i made a masterpost, and i recently found some good health-related apps on the play store that i thought to consolidate into a post.

all these apps are available for both ios and android users! i’ve also grouped similar apps together.

fyi: these apps are not intended to replace your therapist/counselor – they only act as an aid. the apps listed here are those that seemed credible enough and had good ratings on the play store. some may help you and some might not. since i don’t have depression or panic attacks, i can’t speak for the efficacy of some of the apps here.

For stress, depression, anxiety, or panic attacks:

Rootd: exercises to help with anxiety and panic attacks, as well as lessons understand anxiety. it also includes emergency contact if you need help and a personal stats page.

Self-help Anxiety Management (SAM): exercises to help you manage your anxiety. you can also build your ‘anxiety tookit’ and chat with other SAM users.

PanicShield: for those who have panic attacks. it has a breathing tool to calm you down, information about panic attacks, and two techniques to train your mind to have fewer panic attacks (based on two types of therapy). 

MoodSpace: short, interactive mood workouts that may help treat depression.

InnerHour: a self-help app for stress, anxiety or depression. it has small daily tasks, helps you deal with distressing situations, helps control your stressful thinking patterns, and has a relief box.

Moodpath: an interactive two-week depression and anxiety screening program that tracks your emotional and physical wellbeing and generates a personalized mental health assessment that you can discuss with therapists.

Calm Harm: tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm.

To generally improve your life:

Youper: conversations with a bot to improve your mood and emotional health. it also has mindfulness and meditation exercises, a mood tracker, journal and symptoms tracker.

Wysa: similar to Youper, Wysa is a chatbot who reacts to the emotions you express to help with anxiety, stress, low mood, anger or sleep issues.

Primed Mind: a life coach to help you reach your personal goals and improve yourself. it can help you build habits, calm down, fall asleep quickly, and study effectively.

Headspace: meditation and mindfulness exercises