Friday, October 28, 2016

Week 4 EOC: There's an App for That!


"Help Yourself"



A “self-help” app. It could help the kids, teens, or adults get help. It could have success stories within it. One section could have contacts to the suicide hotline, a counseling hotline. Self-harm seems to be a growing problem. I hear about it all the time. It’s usually involved with either mental illnesses, or abuse, or bullying. Many of my “friends” have self-harmed and haven’t really known how to get the help they need because they are afraid of the judgement.
                Maybe if there is like a social media but not really social media app that could have positive helpful stories, or ways to not hurt yourself, many people could confide with those people and seek help. The app could have private messaging so you could talk to someone and maybe make friends and you could help each other out. Could also be a self-help for mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, paranoia, etc. Just a community of people who are there to help you, and help you understand that it does get better.
                The app could have a calendar; tracks how many days you’ve been clean of whatever you’ve been doing to take the pain away. And you get like a notification congratulating being clean for a month, or six months, even a year. When people get those positive feedbacks, they feel good and want to continue to get better. And with the friends you make, they can cheer you on, as well as you cheering them all.

                Another section of the app could have specific websites that can help you understand more about what you are going through. Ones that have steps to help you calm down from a panic/anxiety attack, or steps to just help you resist urges. In general, this app can be a positive community of people helping others. And if people are getting bullied on said app, they can report them and it will be taken care of right away, instead of waiting days.

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