10 Fantastic Apps That Help with Mental Health Issues ...

For some strange reason, men and women are embarrassed to talk about their mental health issues. However, they impact a lot of people around the world. If you've been dealing with depression, anxiety, or any other mental health issue, there are plenty of apps that can help you deal with your feelings. Here are a few of them you should think about downloading:

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1. Booster Buddy

Booster Buddy On iTunes: itunes.apple.com

This app contains a cute little animal that'll feed you inspirational quotes as soon as he wakes up. In order to wake him up, you're going to have to complete three different quests. The app might ask you to return a phone call to someone you've been meaning to talk to, or to go to the movies to see a film that'll make you happy. The best part? Whenever you complete the quests, you get coins you can use to buy accessories to dress the little animal up.

2. Smiling Mind

Smiling Mind On iTunes: itunes.apple.com

This app will ask you your age and then give you meditation "programs" that are meant to help improve your mood. When you're finished, it'll ask you to complete a post-evaluation to see if you're feeling any better. If you think that meditation would help you, then you should download this app to find out for sure.

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3. Optimism

Optimism On iTunes: play.google.com

"Optimism is a mood charting app that helps you develop strategies for managing depression, bipolar or other mental health conditions." The app allows you to track how much you've slept, how much you've exercised, and how much water you've drank. It's aim is to keep your body healthy, even when your mind isn't at its best.

4. Moods: Tracking for Better Health

Moods: Tracking for Better Health itunes.apple.com

This app tracks how you're feeling. It also allows you to leave notes to yourself. That way, you can look back at your past moods to see what triggered certain emotions. It doesn't sound like it would be all that helpful, but having a log of your emotions can actually help you figure out what's causing you the most stress in life.

5. Secret of Happiness

Secret of Happiness On Android: play.google.com

This is a 30 day challenge! The app is meant to retrain your brain to think more positively. All it asks you to do is fill in three things you're thankful about and one thing you want to accomplish. Then, at the end of the day, it asks you to state one thing that happened in the past 24 hours that made you happy.

6. Daily Quote of the Day

Daily Quote of the Day On iTunes: itunes.apple.com

This app does exactly what you think it does. It gives you inspirational quotes to look at every single day. If you need some motivation, all you have to do is pull up this app and read the words of inspiration it has for you.

7. Positive Activity Jackpot

Positive Activity Jackpot On Android: play.google.com

"This app features augmented reality technology to help users find nearby enjoyable activities and makes activity suggestions with local options and the ability to invite friends." So if you're feeling down, all you have to do is look through this app to find something fun to do with your friends. It'll help keep your social life social.

8. DAYLIO

color, violet, text, purple, product, On App Store: itunes.apple.com

This simple yet effective app is a way for people to keep track of their daily feelings. You get to rate your day on a scale of awful to rad as well as write down the activities that you did that day. In this way, you're able to configure what activities and things make you feel good and what makes you feel bad.

9. Lantern

text, product, biology, diagram, brand, On App Store: itunes.apple.com

Lantern is an app comprised of researchers, technologists and clinicians. It hopes to eradicate the stigma attached to mental disorders and to be a resource for those suffering to strengthen their emotional selves. It's an app that wants to make people feel empowered while encouraging self-improvement.

10. Headspace

Mabe, cartoon, nose, hairstyle, moustache, On App Store: itunes.apple.com

This app is cool as it gives you all sorts of different techniques to feel more at ease and relaxed. It does this by guiding you through meditation, and quick exercises to get rid of the awful feeling of panic.

It doesn't take long to download these apps, so what are you waiting for? Are there any other apps you've found that have helped you deal with your mental health?

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This is great! I wish all the apps were avail on iTunes

I have daily quote and absolutely love it. The quotes are always different and I look forward to reading them everyday.

@Monica it looks like it's more emotional wellbeing resources. Of course if you're ADHD impacts your emotional well being, then it's a great resource.

It would be nice if there were more andriod. It sucks that app developers keep devolping health apps for ios

This article is truly touching as many people neglect mental health and primarly only focus on physical health; thank you for spreading awareness.

damn looks like there's none here for adhd..

Great article! I wish I'd had these apps available years ago when I began struggling with bi-polar disease. I'll definitely share this information with my friends.

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