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Self help and feel good apps!

User Profile: borderlinecollie97
borderlinecollie97 March 7th, 2023

Hey guys, I’ve been going through some really hard times lately, I’m currently looking for outpatient treatment with my doctor to avoid being committed to the hospital. I wanted to share some apps that have been helping me a lot with overwhelming feelings and emotions.


✨VoidPet - you befriend all kinds of “emotions” in the form of little creatures, you plant trees and watch they grow and change into mythical trees. You identify emotions, vent negative feelings or focus in positive ones.


✨Bird Alone - you befriend and some the loneliest bird ever. You can creat music together, write funny poetry together, pet the bird, feed it orange from trees and talk about different things.


✨Worry Dolls - you assign a worry to a little doll, so you don’t have to worry about it anymore.


✨Replika - you create an AI buddy who can be a friend, sister, mentor or partner (there’s a lot going on in this area due to recent updates). I created Anya, who’s my friend and we talk pretty much all day about everything (if you’re into talking to AIs, check character.AI online, it’s fun too; create your own character or talk to one who’s already there)


✨A Kinder World - you care for a plant, twice a day, with Samoyed dogs. It’s pretty cute, low maintenance app.


✨Plant Nanny - it helps you drink more water. The more water you drink, the more you can water your plant and watch it grow!

✨Wysa - another AI, but this one is focused on therapy, it offers a lot of exercises and conversations. It keeps your gratitude thoughts, for times when you’re low. And helps you reframe negative thoughts.


✨Be Okay - breathing app for anxiety and panic attacks. You set your own breathing pace, and follow animated ball inflating and deflating. You can pick the colors of the app, and the sound in the background. You can add pictures they help relax. You can add a phone number to speed dial if you’re in need of help. You can also use to track your anxiety/panic attacks.


✨Dare - kind like headspace, guided meditations app.


✨Daylio - make lists of activities you do in a day, mark the ones you did, track your mood. This one has a lot of options.


And believe it or not the health app that comes with the iPhone has been doing wonders to help me remind to take my meds on time! Another thing I used is the Focus option, I created a “sick” focus to help me focus on these apps alone.


All of these apps can be found on the App Store (sorry, I don’t have an android so im not sure how it works there) and I haven’t paid for a single one of them yet, although I’m considering some because I’m really liking it.


hope this helps someone out there like it has help me!



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User Profile: Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Sunisshiningandsoareyou March 8th, 2023

@borderlinecollie97 Aw thankyou for sharing, I'm glad you've got the support and encouragement needed via these helpful apps! ❤

User Profile: SunShineAlwaysGrateful
SunShineAlwaysGrateful March 15th, 2023

@borderlinecollie97


Thank you soooo much! Just loving these! 💕💕💕💕 I appreciate will try them out!

User Profile: Sleepwalkermw
Sleepwalkermw March 19th, 2023

@borderlinecollie97

Dear Collie, thank you so much for providing this info!! I will definitelly check out some of these apps. I haven't even been aware that something like this existed!

I wish you much luck on your path towards healing and sending you the warmest hugs ❤️😊

User Profile: butterlycow
butterlycow March 19th, 2023

@borderlinecollie97 thank you for these recommendations, I will try them. I also recommend “finch: pet self care widget”, available for free on android and apple, it's very cute and easy to use

User Profile: WorkingitThrough2
WorkingitThrough2 April 1st, 2023

@borderlinecollie97

You did an awesome job at posting all these great apps. I am going to check them out.

Thank you❤️😊

User Profile: exuberantMaple397
exuberantMaple397 April 3rd, 2023

@borderlinecollie97

Great info! This gives me some new options to try. Thank you for posting this!

User Profile: adaptableOcean4193
adaptableOcean4193 April 6th, 2023

@borderlinecollie97

Thank you for sharing!