Wellness Wednesday: Mental Health Apps To Get You Through The Day
PUBLISHED April 21st, 2021 05:30 am | UPDATED July 17th, 2024 10:00 pm
The past year has been tough on all of us, and it’s natural for us to go through the motions. In some more severe cases, negative thoughts can lead to depression and anxiety. The effects of COVID-19 has caused 1 in 3 adults in Singapore to experience psychological stress, according to a study done by Duke-NUS Medical School.
Social support and mental health education are especially important in times like these. Whether you’re feeling high or low, here are some mental health apps that relieve your psychological stress, one day at a time.
Safe Space
Sometimes, we like to bottle our feelings up until we explode. But more than often it’s difficult to seek the right help we need. Safe Space is an app that specialises in both online and offline counselling. By filling in a questionnaire to assess your mental health and needs, the app connects you to professional mental health counsellors. From there, you can schedule and chat with your therapist anytime and anywhere.
Safe Space is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Happify
What better way to de-stress from a tough day than to play some games on your phone? Featured in the likes of The New York Times and Forbes, Happify is a revolutionary app with a simple premise: play games to improve your mental health. Backed by research on mental health and wellbeing, Happify presents users with daily activities and games that work your brain to think positively. Change your outlook little by little!
Happify is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Youper
Like Safe Space, Youper is dedicated to mapping out a personalised journey for your self-improvement. And if you don’t feel the need for an on-call therapist, Youper is the app for you. Using AI Therapy, Youper customises daily therapy exercises to address your mental health needs. There’s also the option of chatting with Youper’s AI Therapist for any in-the-moment overwhelming emotions.
Youper is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Headspace
Let’s admit it: meditation is hard to do right. Closing your eyes in a serene setting can have you falling asleep easily. But Headspace’s mindfulness meditation is a great introduction into the practice of meditation. Co-founded and developed by meditation and mindfulness expert, Andy Puddicombe, Headspace takes you on guided meditations to increase your self-awareness and understand your thoughts.
Headspace is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Shine
Voted one of Apple’s Best of 2020 apps, Shine is an all-inclusive mental health app, catering to all regardless of race, sexuality, or social class. Focused on managing everyday stress and anxiety, features include daily meditation exercises and enabling users to connect with other like-minded people to create community support.
Shine is available on the App Store and Google Play.
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