The Psychology of Depression and Anxiety - Dr. Scott Eilers 10 Way To Use Your Smartphone To Improve Your Mental Health
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May 16, 2024 Learn how to harness the power of your smartphone to improve your mental health with budgeting and sleep tracking apps, mood-boosting games like MoodBloom, online support, breathwork, fitness and nutrition tools, audiobooks, podcasts, and community advice.
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Smartphones Are Tools Not Inevitable Harm
- Smartphones correlate with many mental health harms but are neutral tools that can be repurposed for good.
- Intentional, mindful use can transform the phone from a risk factor into a practical support for wellbeing.
Dr Eilers Shares His Money Management Turning Point
- Dr. Scott Eilers shares his own mid‑30s financial struggle and how budgeting taught him cash flow basics.
- He used several apps, found them simple, and says they removed constant worry about having enough money monthly.
Play Mood Bloom For Evidence Based Symptom Relief
- Play Mood Bloom for about 15 minutes daily as an adjunctive, evidence-based game that uses Facilitated Thought Progression (FTP) to disrupt rigid negative thinking.
- The game combines a calm farm sim with FTP-based mini-games and clinical trials report up to ~45% symptom relief as a supplement to therapy or meds.