Mental well-being is becoming increasingly prominent, with mental health problems now being a primary cause of disease worldwide. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), 7.5 per cent of the Indian population suffers from some form of mental health disorder. While poor physical health is more simple to diagnose and treat, declining mental health can be hard to spot and improve. Here’s taking a look at different technologies and how they can help you monitor, manage, and maintain a healthy mind.
Use wearables as stress busters
Most of us are familiar with tech that tracks our physical health, but what about those that monitor our mental well-being? Fitbit bands can track activity levels, provide insights on sleep patterns and even predict stress levels based on your lifestyle habits. Similarly, Pip captures feedback from the skin pores on your fingertip, to show feedback on changing stress levels. Once you have more information about the amount of stress you’re in, you can use various stress management techniques like meditation and breathing exercises to help you relax.
Download the best mental health apps
If you don’t wish to invest in a fitness band but are wondering how to relieve stress, mobile apps can help. From meditation to breathing exercises, there are many apps that improve mental health and depression symptoms. Moodpath – Depression & Anxiety Test provides tools to help you deal with negative thoughts and anxiety attacks, as well as to identify and manage your personal triggers. Prana Breath: Calm & Meditate helps improve brain activity using ancient traditions. For daily meditation, look no further than HeadSpace or cure.fit, which takes you through personalised guided meditation. You can even use the InnerHour app to enrol in self-care courses.
Indulge in online therapy
Sometimes talking is the best medicine, and this is where online therapists can help. Talkspace and BetterHelp are two platforms that match users to therapists for video calls and live chats. There are even specialist chatbots available such as WoeBot, X2 and Wysa which track your mood and provide mental health insights based on your communication. These apps can help you practice cognitive behavioural therapy, manage depression symptoms and treat anxiety disorders.
Improve mental health together
There are times in life when we just need the support of people who are going through the same emotions. 7Cups is a social network where people with similar backgrounds can discuss daily concerns, TalkLife is another such example. If you’re an expecting mother, you can check out Momspresso, a great platform to read about experiences of other mothers and to network with them. Moodpath provides support to you in times of stress, anxiety and depression. While you may not always have a mental health counselor to help you through difficult times, you will have apps connecting you with like-minded people.
Finally, sometimes the best remedy is simply getting back to basics with some well-deserved ‘me time,’ a good rest and some time away from the tug of digital technologies—whatever works best for you!
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