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I can't find anything on your website or the app's website listing your qualifications. How are you qualified to advise people on how to fix their depression?<p>What medical studies and approval has your app been through?<p>If this article persuades even a single person to ditch their prescribed medication in favour of your app—after all who would want to end up in a straight-jacket—and that person then harms themselves, how are you going to deal with that?
If you're struggling with mental health issues, I highly recommend speaking with a qualified professional.<p>This does not necessarily mean you will end up on medication. There are <i>tons</i> of things that you may not know how to leverage that can improve your mental health and overall happiness.<p>Know that it will take some shopping around. As with any doctor, do your homework, ask friends, and don't stick with one until they "feel right". The modern world is hell on brains that evolved to fit a very different environment than the one in which we live today, and it can take a lot of work to structure your life to deal with that.<p>Also, remember be both kind to and honest with yourself.<p>It can be so easy to beat yourself up when you fail or fall down, or to try and shift the blame to other people, but these are both anti-patterns.<p>Nobody makes every shot they take. Especially when you are learning. Pick yourself up, take a breather, think on what your next step is, and get back in the game.
I zipped through this to see what it was. Had to wait a bit since the server seems to be busy. No worries though:)<p>I like this concept. It was very relaxing. I did a far too rapid run through a bunch of feelings testing various inputs and responses. I like the way it cycles back through to help you focus on solving the problem that you have identified yourself as having. Very nice.<p>I did find one of your response options has an error.<p>There are a couple of options presented for answers - OK, NO, YES, ?, NOT YET.<p>Maybe a couple of others. One of the dialogs where you are offering a question box [?] shows up as "Question_square" or something very similar to that. I apologize for not taking notes. I believe that it was in the first group of negative Feelings that started with a "D".<p>I also found one sentence in the written dialog that makes no sense as it looks like a word was left out. This was probably in the positive feelings list. It was in the descriptive part with dialog that had a comma followed by a couple of words that looked out of place as they didn't fit in the sentence like some other thought was edited out and they are now an orphaned phrase. I am starting to feel sad for those poor words thinking about it. Might have to dip back into it if I can get back on the server! :)<p>I tried to get back to it but your server is evidently getting slammed by all the people curious for a solution to their problems.<p>Good luck with this. Nicely done.
I tried this and really liked it, and found it helpful in the one session I did.<p>Then, I've not gotten around to doing another in the last month .. and I'm not sure why .. feels like I'm struggling against doing the things that would help me, maybe because they would also change me or something, I'm not sure<p>I think this app and technique could be very powerful
> I went to the doctor, told him I was feeling mild flu symptoms for a couple of months, he asked me a few questions, determined that I had depression, gave my some SSRIs, and sent me home.<p>That seems like a pretty normal experience to me. Slightly confused and have a hard time with the definitions keeping the social stigma aside!. Would be great to gather some perspective from HN.<p>What is depression? How does it compare to stress, or anxiety in itself due to unfulfilled needs of hardwork, rewards, ambition, wants and desires?<p>And ... How is diagnosed? And how medical help is useful? :-) (I know I perhaps need to RTFM)
things that helped me with depression
- cut out sugar and carbs (yes even fruit)
- Therapy
- cutting out ppl that trigger me for a while
- legal psychedelics
- training with my dog
After I got better, there is still the maintenance for low self esteem and social skills
- Therapy
- Meditation
- meetups
- nonviolent communication
Don’t have depression but have some stress and tension. Tried this and it was very helpful! Did feel like it released some areas physically, while dwelling on and letting go past stresses.
I wish I could navigate through the introduction audio
Also there is some audio instruction not written down.<p>This is great though. Thank you for building this.