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by All Real Numbers

this app just tells you to think about your emotions and then gives you vaguely inspirational paragraphs about weathering storms or whatever. i understand that that’s all some people need, so im glad those people are getting helped, though imo you probably could accomplish the same thing with a hang in there kitten poster or something.

for example, i went through the module on coping with misgendering. it just told me to write down how being misgendered made me feel and then told me to try to convince myself that what i was feeling was not real. (they call this act therapy) i know from experience that a lot of therapeutic techniques rely on essentially just willing yourself into feeling something different, but i’ve never been very good at that, and ive always felt that if i could do that i wouldn’t really need the therapist as a middleman.

so ultimately im sure this could be helpful for someone with extremely mild symptoms of depression or anxiety, but im also not totally sure why someone with extremely mild symptoms of depression or anxiety would need such an app in the first place.

by BigbearJ

Was advertised to be like the Calm app. However I did not see it have what I was hoping for. Which was audio for helping me achieve sleep quicker and more restorative. Instead it offered a 10 day plan for journaling and self reflection… that is NOT what I wanted. So yeah nothing like the calm app.

by Evelyn.mp3

it’s honestly quite sad that this app targets people like me who are trans or in the community, i feel like this because you guys make us pay for help? like we are the most vulnerable group and some of us need help but don’t have the money to pay for something like this. this makes me pretty upset as the app actually looked pretty cool. do better.