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There is Daylio, I have been using it for a few months, its a free app with some premium utilities, but most features you need are free.
You can choose your mood from 1-5, what activities you did during the day, add pictures and anotations, and and have multiple entries in a day.
It comes with some pre-configured activities for you to select, but you can completely redefine them to what you think matters.
It's a basic journaling/mood/activity tracker I've used every day for almost 2 years. You can add custom activities (all self-reported) and have it remind you each day to keep it updated. Once you've collected enough data, it can start to pick out trends in how your moods and activities correlate (ex: you're most happy on days you've hung out with friends, or most bleh when you've drank).
Unfortunately it doesn't go too in-depth with analysis, and would be cool if it had some AI smarts to better identify trends instead of the mostly manual work it requires now. But you can export all your data to Google Drive and probably put it through something more sophisticated if you really want.
Daylio is like a quick and streamlined day journal. I didn't think I'd like it but it's great for me to quickly tap a few buttons to represent my day
The free Daylio app is a great tool to do this in an easy quick way, and can you get daily reminders and historical stats! I've been using it for years and feel it really helps me think about how I spend my days.
Daylio is what I started using now this year thanks to this post.
This looks a lot like Daylio. Maybe you could ask students to answer these questions in the app, as it allows for changing moods throughout the day (not just at the end).
Because I'm an emotional wreck, I tried using this app Daylio...so far so good, this is way better than a physical diary since I could just log in my emotions anytime.
Out of curiosity, why do you keep a separate list in bujo, when you also use Goodreads? :) I know this might sound weird on a subreddit where people are enjoying using analog means to keep track of things, but as for me, certain things are way more useful if kept digital. Eg. mood tracker like daylio can give you really useful insights (what actions correlate with which mood), that are kind of hard to get when you stick to paper.
Then again, I needed bujo to sort out my planning for me, and I think it's crucial that it's analog, so... :D
My recommendation is an app called Daylio . It's a daily mood and activity tracker that's quick and easy. It reminds you automatically to fill it out, takes a few seconds to complete, and shows you nice graphs of your past weeks/months with activity correlations. One nice thing is you can completely customize the activities, so I have a sliding scale style with symtoms. For example focus-1, focus-2, focus-3, etc. as a sliding scale for how focused I feel that day on a scale of 1-5. Hope it helps!
I use an app called daylio. It tracks mood, with an option to add an unlimited amount of other activities. I initially used it to track alcohol intake, but I've expanded it to include a lot of other stuff now too. It takes like 15 seconds to add a data point - Tap tap, click what mood you feel like, select what activities you'd like to record alongside that mood at that time. Gives insights, mood over time, track the frequency of the activities over time, and will correlate which activities make you feel a certain way. Pretty neat stuff
Try Daylio! It's a mood tracking app that is super ADHD friendly, to the point where filling it in becomes a little addictive.
You tap emojis and icons to track your mood, and you can either use their presets or create your own icons and activities.
It lets me track everything from the pills I've taken to whatever health symptoms I have to the weather, and pulls everything into neat colourful graphs for you to look at.
There is both a paid and a free version, but the only thing the paid version gets you is more icons I believe.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
I used the app in therapy the other day, and for the first time in my life, I could answer the question 'How have you been feeling for the past two weeks?'
> i have also disabled notifications from YouTube. deleted fb & insta account. and i use 3rd party app for reddit & twitter so notifications sucks for them so disabled that too.
I have stopped using fb and insta accounts but yet to delete them, need to download all the data first. I stopped Twitter because I wanted to go away from politics for some time. Most of my time on my phone goes in Reddit, Kindle, podcasts and YouTube.
I would also like recommend this mood tracker app called Daylio. It helped me judge what activity/music makes me happy. It almost became a personal diary but better because you don't need to write much in it.
I personally use a combination of two apps: Daylio and eMoods bipolar tracker. First one is fairly simple without tons of options but it has backup and an ability to customize the moods you're going to track. You can also track various activities (work, eating a good meal, drinking, exercising, etc.) in addition to mood to, perhaps, find some correlation between them. Activities are also customizable.
The second app is better for tracking symptoms of mania/depression and also your medication. It's free to use as is (and I find existing options to be enough), but of you want some more customization you'll have to pay.
Great list! Journaling was a very important part of my recovery and I've made it my daily habit.
I track similar things like you - the number of pomodoros I've studied, things I'm grateful for, what I've learnt, at what time I got up out of bed, the amount of money spent that day, etc. I plan to make an excel spreadsheet with some of this data so I can visualize it better.
I use an app called Daylio for mood/activity tracking and journaling, and Evernote for tracking everything else. I'd strongly recommend those apps to everyone, especially Evernote because it can sync between your computer and smartphone so you can edit notes easily on your computer.
I use Daylio. It only reminds you maximum twice a day but you can put as many tracks as you want during the day. You can use another app to remind you more often.
Not OP's app, but I also read Atomic Habits and then looked for an app to track my habits and mood. I found Daylio (PlayStore link) which I like. It has a bunch of stats like completion rate and day streaks, and also tells you how a habit influences your mood.
One habit is free, if you want more they had a sale every couple of days and I got it for about $11 a year which was worth it to me after I had tried it for a few weeks for free and saw the value in it.
I love marking off my different habits as completed every day. And I also love seeing the calendar view of which days I completed it and what my mood was after the activity.
I use something called daylio https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio It's like a mini journal you update as much as you want and backup incase you switch phones or your phone dies. You select moods as well and overall is great for someone who doesn't feel like they can do a regular journal.
It's not specifically for symptom tracking but you can customize it like crazy and I've used it to track my own health stuff for a bit.
Maybe Daylio. Its mostly geared towards tracking mood but you can create new mood categories and write comments under the mood of each day.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en
Hope you get better and find something that works for you!
Daylio would be great for that, because you can personalize it a lot. It's usually for keeping an actual diary but I don't see why you wouldn't be able to use it as a dream diary. You can change the moods to dream types, add more of them and stuff. Also you could use and edit the activities to suit dream patterns or other things you analyze your dreams by. Plus it has really good and useful statistics and graphs.
Edit: english is difficult + link to Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
I recommend installing some sort of app that would periodically ask how you're feeling or doing.
I installed this two months ago, and I noticed that I'm 10% happier.
I use Daylio for tracking my mood - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
I like it because the daily notification to remind me to record is a little screen overlay that I can quickly tap. Only does 1-5 but works well for my purposes as something basic.
I use Google Fit for exercise and health. Love the auto-detection of activities. Keep track of weight with a nice trendline so I'm not bouncing all around the place.
- I've got a mi band 2. Super cheap and has sync to Fit. Records my sleep data and steps.
- MiBandTools - I set it to take a heart rate reading every 2 minutes, it then syncs this to Fit. Lots of custom notification stuff so I get a little buzz on my wrist rather than an annoying sound from my phone.
Was using Rescue Time but found it to be a massive downer. Letting me know in detail how much time I waste… also a little privacy concerns because it's logging everything on my phone and PC.
Daylio is what I use to take notes of my full day after everything is said and done and I'm home. It's not necessarily a note-taker, but it's excellent to start habits for the next day and the following!
This is unorthodox and quite literally cheating, but if you're test-taking with terms and ideas from a Textbook, then Quizlet will have multiple copies of questions/answers that your teacher will no-doubt use on the tests.
Daylio - it's technically a mood tracker, but works really well for habit tracking as well. You can create your own activities and set them as goals with daily reminders etc. It has a lovely interface and you can change the theme and stuff to your preferences.
Habit tracker is definitely closer to what you're looking for.
Just in case that doesn't exactly work out, I use a mood tracker for mental health called Daylio. Has 5 colors you can customize with allowance for multiple entries per day specified by color, and each entry can have sub-tasks (activities you create) within the entry to help identify what impacted your mood. I have it ask me 4 times a day, and each report fills in color from your current to last report. Best part is major functionality is all free. I've been using it for almost three years straight without issues or payment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US&gl=US
The same company apparently makes a fitness/food tracker called Nutrilio, but I haven't used it. It looks like it uses a similar tagging system but not sure about it's visualization.
No web, and it's built primarily for mood tracking, but Daylio on Android has simple, robust habit tracking with lots of stats. (If you're tracking your mood there too, it's fun to see which habits correlate most with better moods.) Google Play Store
I have an app on my phone that I use pretty consistently; so far it's the longest-running journal I've ever kept!
It's called Daylio Journal - Mood Tracker (or just, like, Daylio) and I've got it on Android. Not sure about Apple, but I'm sure there's something similar.
The thing I like about it is that it's not primarily about words—it uses colored emojis instead! If you're feeling lazy, or in a hurry, or simply don't feel like typing/tapping, you can just click colored dots and be done!
So you choose your mood on a 1-5 scale, with how happy you are, etc. It autofills the time and date for you, though you can change it manually if you want.
Then you choose from a list of premade activities (soccer, movies, work), events (birthday, Christmas, payday!), or tasks (pay bills, dentist appt., fix car) and you have a general outline without writing a single word. You can customize activities, create groups, define multiple moods, whatever.
Plus last year they added photo importing, so you can just click the + and snap a photo.
Best part though? If you miss a day and don't write anything—which, c'mon, this is r/ADHD, it's gonna happen—you can just go back through the calendar and add entries anytime you want. Combine that with scheduled reminders that pop up the moods in the notification, autofill the date and time, and photos or reflections? Like I said, it's the longest-running journal I've ever kept, and I've been trying for years.
…I still only put down entries like ½ the time still, but anyway, that's my issue.
Daylio is good, kinda looks like a mood tracker but can do habits as well and it has good stats and reports after a week/month. I paid for premium but also free was OK
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US&gl=US
I would suggest to schedule an appointment with your primary doc and ask for a referral to try PT again. I would also continue seeing your surgeon as well. If that doesn't improve anything, I would in a follow-up appointment, ask for a referral from your primary doctor to a pain management doctor.
Also, explain that the ibuprofen isn't working well and ask if there's any other option. If it's affecting your quality of life, describe that to your doctors. If it's affecting you mentally, you may benefit from seeing a therapist too so ask for a referral there.
If it has you at the cusp of needing to take time off work, work part-time, requesting reasonable accommodations, or stop working all together, explain that to your doctors. Tracking your pain levels and mood can give you good data too and would show you are seriously affected. An app such as Daylio, and using pain scales like this would help you in doing so.
Never ask for a specific pain medication.
Do you have health insurance? If so, why is PT out of pocket?
I would re-evaluate your pain levels. Something like this. Not to dismiss your pain, but if you're 10/10 you wouldn't be standing or walking long. Suggest you:
- Have a list of doctors seen and their specialty
- Another list with appointments by provider and visit purpose (including all P.T. appointments; if you have had mental health issues related to this document that too)
- Another list with imaging
- Another list with urgent care, ER, hospital visits
- Another list with surgeries
- Have a list of therapies and medications with dates
- Bonus if you chart pain with an app like Daylio
Ensure pain doc's office has medical records forwarded. Give the PM doc a copy of the lists you made outlining what steps you have taken to resolve your issues.
Just a hint: there are apps that provide such functionality and much more options for analysis. Used Daylio some years ago and was quite satisfied.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en&gl=US
I personally use Daylio as my journal. It's a mixture of a diary, but can also be used to manually track your activities and mood. It has cloud backup built-in.
Estabelecer uma rotina é um processo, você tem que ir experimentando. Às vezes se cobrar demais não ajuda em nada, você se submete a um estresse que acaba diminuindo sua produtividade ou sendo um obstáculo a longo prazo. Bem-estar mental é o primeiro passo.
Experimenta mudar os horários das refeições, tomar banho mais cedo, ou antes de dormir... fazer os exercícios no começo da manhã, ou no fim da tarde. Na semana seguinte, reinventar. Fazer uso de ferramentas, registrar num diário, aplicativos. Eu uso um muito bom, o Dailyo.
The app I use to track my mood, Daylio for Android lets me track my mood multiple times a day. This year when I compiled all my tracking data together if there was multiple moods for a single day I would just take the average of them.
I'm not sure if this fits the bill completely, but I thought I'd mention Daylio, which I've been using for around 3 years and it's become indispensible to me.
It's free and has unlimited activities to track. But in order to see the kind of activity map that you want, you might have to use their Goals feature, and they aren't unlimited (although I don't know what the free version limit is, since I paid $3 to support the app years ago).
But maybe try and check it out, and see if it fits your needs?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio -has sad emoji when asking about mood though - else best suited for you.
or you should probably search 'feelings diary'
> I am still doing well with no sugar, although a cost run made that hard when I walked past a party size bag of sour patch kids.
That's just not fair. Good job sticking to your guns!
Someone else here mentioned the Daylio app which looks like a bit less bullet journal than emoji journal? It also seems to have a notes feature you could use for bullets.
Honesty and openness. If something is not working tell your doctor.
If you don't like a suggested therapy, say so. Docs in Canada have many patients, therefore my theory is to try and help them with diagnoses in any way possible. For example, I use an app called daylio to log my daily progress. It's super easy to use and helps you with recollections of the past feelings and thoughts.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
If you don't want to spend the money on the app, checkout Google surveys. A way to rack up 3$. Might take a few months though.
They deal with the public so they have likely seen and heard many things. Keep that in mind. If any questions I'd be happy to try and help. Pm me.
Good luck
Source: I use an app called Daylio, which I strongly recommend. Every night before falling asleep, I take ten to fifteen minutes of self-reflection, and then write a summary of my day. I then select all the activities I partook in among a list, and give a note to my day. The app invites you to input the quality of your day before filling the notes, but I like to do it after.
Tools: Python with matplotlib and seaborn. Edit I also used GIMP to ~~steal~~ pick the activity logos from Dailyo and put them on my heatmap.
When my dad was in the mandatory military service 40 years ago, he started writing down every detail of his days in a notepad. He still has this habit and I'm always impressed at his faculty to just open a notepad and tell us that on april 12, 1982, he ate in a good restaurant.
I'm not sure what else he writes in there, and honestly I don't think I want to know. But still, this inspired me to do the same. I came across this excellent app Daylio that allows you to keep a journal on your phone. I started doing in late 2016, and 1262 days later I'm still doing it. As you can see, I like writing more and more about how my day went, what I liked and disliked. I also pick several activities among a list (I added some custom activities to the list). Finally, I give a grade to my day, from awful to great.
Daylio allows you to export the data as csv, which is probably the best idea ever.
Doing this project, I learned a lot of things about myself during the past 3 years. I strongly encourage everyone to do the same.
Hey i use daylio, it is not common daily rather emotional daily. It has simple standard UI and doesn't take your time to enter your day. Also its summaries is clear and beautiful.
Daylio has the mood/emotion/habit tracking covered
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
However it does not cover everything else, maybe you could find a way to work it into what you need because I think that you might need a few apps to handle everything you need
It sounds like you're making amazing progress! This journey is a tough one, one that no one should have to go through alone.
Since I tore my ACL 5 months ago, I've had a lot of people walk out of my life because it was inconvenient for them. I've learned 2 things from this whole experience though; the people who stick around are the ones you really want in your life, and the person who is going to have the biggest impact on your recovery is you.
Everything you do from this point forward is for you and your recovery. Take this time to really focus on yourself and it's okay to be a little selfish. Spend some extra time on your PT. Reflect on how far you've come since your injury.
A few things I started doing to track progress include daily/weekly photos or videos to track my progress and healing visually, and tracking my moods and journalling to check in with where I'm at mentally. So much of this journey is a mental one and it's so important to try and stay in a good headspace. You're going to have ups and downs along this road to recovery, but reflecting on how much the good outweighs the bad is key. A few apps you can check out to help with tracking progress are Daylio or Moodistory.
This community is so supportive. Stay strong ACL warrior! You will get through this!
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This is pretty self explanatory but. Also there is an app called Daylio if you are interested. I would easily forget to color my book. Love the idea.
I am not sure but Daylio with premium could work but it will require some tweaking. Try the free version first and see if you can customize the moods to your needs. The premium allows you to make reminders for each hour.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
Good luck! Hope you get better.
I am sure you know by now that it does not need to be like this. You don't need to go to bed like that.
Yes there are hotlines and talking to your parents but you can also just see your GP Doctor. If you live in the US just make an appointment with your doctor. Or any doctor realy, google a free clinic in your town.
Just let them know you are depressed. It's very common and they hear it all the time. If you don't want to say you are having suicidal thoughts just say you have nightly intrusive thoughts. They will understand it and most likely give you an antidepressant prescription.
Again if you don't have insurance just make sure they give you a prescription for something that is on the list of Walmart $4 prescriptions. There are multiple antidepressants to choose from.
Not every antidepressant works for everyone or every cause. It's important to keep a journal of how you feel along with any side effects. There are apps for that like Daylio that will ask you every day how you are and keep a log.
If the one you are on does not help in a month then let the GP know along with what you experienced so they can use that to figure out what to try next.
I use Daylio for this, at the end of the day it reminds you to rate your day and what you did over the day. You can also leave optional notes. It only takes about a minute to summarize a day.
Maybe Daylio. It's kind of mood tracker/diary/journal which you can create custom events too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
If it's only for water you should check out Hydro Coach.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codium.hydrocoach
I use Daylio app to keep track of my mood and the activities I perform daily. It displays the data in the form of graphs. Get it here : Daylio for Android Pick your mood and add activities you have been doing during the day. You can also add notes and keep an old school diary. Daylio is collecting recorded moods and activities in the statistics and calendar. This format will help you to understand your habits better. Keep track of your activities and create patterns to become more productive!
Another one is mine DayMan DayMan Scheduler intelligently schedules your day, so that you can focus on Productivity. Add your task, and DayMan will intelligently schedule your task with the rest of your daily schedule.
I hope that this is the one you talking about. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
it's mainly a mood tracker, but you can add notes (or custom tags) to every data point.
Daylio mood tracker. Has been brilliant to track my mood and correlate them with activities.
I use Daylio, it doesn't require creating an account. I've been tracking my mood with it for over a year.
I use this app
Daylio - for tracking your mood. you don't need to write down anything if you don't want to, just tap emoticons that reflect your mood best and maybe choose one of the premade activities you've been doing on that day (or create your own ones). it helped me realize that certain things affect my mood and well being more than I thought they did.
Direct from Instagram - Instagram DM client. doesn't offer much more than the built-in messenger in the main IG app does, but I kinda like to have them as separate apps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Duolingo - for language learning. not my favourite but it complements Memrise nicely
I'm on Android and I use both Daylio and EMoods.
Direct link to the play store, instead of their landing page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
I use Daylio. I get to select a mood of the day, activities of the day and write some lines.
I'm enjoying Daylio a lot and I'm pretty sure it fulfills your requirements.
Na klar. Ich hab die hier genutzt https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.moodpatterns.moodpatterns
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bearable
If you just look for 'mood tracker' you will find a hella lot of fitting apps.
I also used my period tracking app for such things because keeping everything in one place is easier lol. Most of those apps have an option to add symptoms and they are usually simpler and just far more user-friendly. But that's just my lazy ass lol.
A (almost) free app I love is Daylio, but it's more simple, just like a Diary with a mood & activities tracker.
I've been using a free app called Daylio to track this kind of stuff.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daylio-journal-diary-moods/id1194023242?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en
You record your mood and can add any associated activities and a note (no character limit). I got it to keep track of bipolar disorder mood swings, but you can create your own activities so I made ones for dysphoria, anxiety, panic attacks, etc. You're able to view statistics, look at things in graph form, see everything on a calendar, make comparisons, stuff like that. Very user-friendly and accessible.
It's been super useful. Might want to check it out!
Non è un diario, ma io uso daylio. Non saprei cosa scrivere, sono un ameba.
I highly recommend Daylio.
You can use it for free, or upgrade. I can't remember what paying for it unlocks (it was cheap when I paid for it over a year ago).
Brainpower dying so please excuse bullet points:
- looks nice
- can customise colours
- 5 different mood levels from amazing - terrible
- can add your own custom moods
- can add your own custom... things that you do. tasks? events? (e.g. homework, food, swimming, tv, it was sunny, meds, knitting, insomnia, stomach ache)
- can put them into categories (e.g. 'people', 'media', 'weather')
- can add notes with each entry. or not. whatever you feel like
- stats! very very useful, good stats
- yearly stats are amazing
- can set goals with reminders (e.g. meds every day at 10.30, study 3x a week, phone uncle bob every week)
- gives you a streak for daily entries (can set a reminder to tell it how your day is going)
- gives you a streak for tasks
Personally, the idea of breaking a streak seems to be the only thing which motivates me to keep doing something (which is why Duolingo works, even if I usually repeat the same lesson so I don't lose my streak).
I started a bullet journal, kept it up for almost three months which is very impressive. Most things last just two weeks. Daylio has lasted........ *checks stats* I've missed 3 days since starting using it on the 19th of Feb 2017.
I did use habitica too, but it became too overwhelming. Still a good app & site though.
And in case you're like me and hate being told about something great but then have to actually go and track it down yourself:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/daylio-journal/id1194023242 (I think this is the UK store though, sorry if you're on apple)
I started using the app in July 2017, when premium was only a one-time payment of about $5 or so. Completely worth it, but I know that when I eventually make the switch to Android it won't carry over because the stores are so different (according to their FAQ).
However, I don't mind paying however much to be able to keep using the premium version, the price ranges are really weird on both the Apple store and the Google Play store so I don't actually know how much a premium subsciption actually is. But honestly this app has been my favorite for three years now so even $20-some is worth it, if a bit high for an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
Daylio.
I like it so far. Its nice that it pops up once a day to remind me to record my moods.
Daylio is doing exactly what you are looking for
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
It also let you export your data in csv files if you want to deep dive more....
I'm installing your app for testing,
Have a look at my current favorites in this category if you haven't - Daylio, Habitica and Bullet Journal
These are the apps I use.
Haven't tried this. But it seems cool.
<strong>LifeRPG</strong>: Like the menu screen of a video game but for real life.
I have tried Daylio - Diary, Journal, Mood Tracker It is easy to customize to suit your needs.
I use Daylio since it generates a graph based on your mood entries and the daily activities are useful, I use them to quickly describe how I feel, ie, anxious, instead of actual activities... Well, it's a mix of both really.
eMoods for an even quicker registry of my moods, it's more limited than Daylio in that regard, yet provides a more detailed graph since you can add how much you slept. Likewise, you can make a list of all your meds and check if you took them or not.
Finally, Up! which is becoming my favorite, since it automatically tracks how much you slept, physical, work and social activity. As with Daylio, you can add a journal entry alongside your mood entry. No specific meds list though.
The automatic tracking isn't flawless, the app is quite new I believe and devs are constantly working on it.
That's about it.
Edit - Oh, "Up!" allows you to create warning signs to indicate if you're going manic or depressed based on your mood entries.
There are some good mood tracker apps out there. I used Daylio. It did help a lot!
My dude, are you me? Because I was in the same situation when I was an undergrad. You've already figured out what you want to change in your life and taken the first step forward, which is better than most people your age (I'm guessing early twenties). Nowadays I still have bad days but I'm off antidepressants and doing much better. You kept it simple so I'll try the same, as much as possible:
THE BASICS (the boring stuff):
- make sure you get enough sleep. 7.5 hours should be enough. install F.lux but try to turn off all screens half an hour before bed anyway.
- make sure you drink enough water (at least 1.5 litres daily)
- try to eat healthier food, you'll have more energy and you'll feel better. try to learn a few healthy recipes. start with the basics - oatmeal for breakfast, chicken stir fry for lunch, and fried eggs for dinner.
- pick a physical activity you like and do it twice weekly. don't go to the gym if you hate it, there are plenty of other physical activities. check out the C5k app if you're into running.
- talk to a therapist. i went to hour-long sessions every week and it's really the only way to beat major depression.
ADVANCED
- make it your new rule to hang out with people at least twice weekly. you'll hate it at first but it will get better.
- try to go out of your house every day. i don't know why, but i always feel better when i go outside, even though i'm introverted as fuck.
- give mindfulness meditation a try. download Headspace or Calm, apps for daily guided meditations. it's much easier than you think. it will especially help you with the feeling of running out of time because you will be able to appreciate the present. i know this because i have the same problem.
- listen to podcasts. they make you feel less alone on days when you don't feel like hanging out with people. you can't listen to your self-loathing thoughts if two or more people are talking directly into your ear. honestly, it's every introvert's dream come true - you don't feel lonely but you don't need to hang out with people either. my favourites are Wrestling With Depression and the Tim Ferriss Show.
- keep a journal. my favourite way is using Daylio. you can even track your mood and activities (stressors).
- play Stardew Valley. it's the best.
- practice gratitude. write down three things you're grateful for every day. after practicing mindfulness and gratitude, you'll be able to recognize and appreciate every small good thing that happens to you, which is basically the key to happiness.
- read self-improvement books. I recommend Getting Things Done by David Allen. it will help you get your shit together because it teaches you how to become organized and more productive.
- try out the Pomodoro technique for studying.
That's it, I think. Those are the things that made me go from suicidal depression to feeling well almost every day. The important part: don't try to fix everything at once. Getting out of depression takes time and patience, but it is possible. I'd recommend you to start with the basics and gradually move on to other things lower on the list. It's important that you develop new poitive habits, one by one. Feel free to ask for more details and don't forget to update us on your progress!
Yep. It's called Daylio.
Daylio is a good app to track moods and rank your day. I used it for a few days but stuck to a more manual journal output.
I've been really enjoying Daylio - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_GB
I'm taking a leap and assuming you're on Android and leaving Play Store links. If you're an iOS user, most of these apps should be there on the App Store too.
Mood tracking / Journal app / symptoms tracker - Daylio/ BearableeMoods / or my favorite - r/nomie
FreeCBT - CBT Thought diary. Super helpful to keep track of cognitive distortions.
WorryTreehelps you log, manage and problem solve your worries and anxiety", also based on CBT. Thought diary + gratitude journal.
What's up - Combines CBT and ACT; pretty useful imo
Thinkladder - Helps you challenge limiting beliefs and re-conceptualize.
Iona - Self guided therapy + Journal
DBT911 - Finally, a DBT app on this list!
DBT Coach - Looks promising but iirc lot of it is behind a paywall
Mindfullness Coach - Created for veterans with PTSD, this app is pretty good. And Mindfulness is one of the core principles of DBT. Also, PTSD Coach
Waking Up - I'll be honest, idk much about Sam Harris and some of his quotes didn't sit well with me. But I've heard only good things about this app. Meditation and mindfulness. Best part? If you can't afford it, send them an email and they'll waive the subscription fee completely.
DBT Travel Guide - A little unpolished maybe? But imo one of the best DBT apps out there. It has a lot of content which can be a pro and a con.
Also, you should definitely keep a copy of the emotional wheel downloaded so you can use it whenever possible. Hope this helps!
I'm working on a comprehensive app but my coding skills are meh at best. If anyone is good with coding, hmu? I'm tired of all the paid app BS.
I do this exact same thing, except I use an app. You select a smiley face every day, and it'll make you a graph like yours
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
it's at least the one I meant, not sure about OP's
Maybe keep it on your phone with a password or fingerprint scan. I use daylio. Hope it helps
First, you are such an amazing and kind human being and so is your boyfriend for recognizing the situation and being so willing to take him into yalls home. Second, I know how shitty mental illness can be and I've dealt with many, many of the same problems that you've listed. Once I moved with my dad we also had the problem about money and I wish I had all of this now, but I hope this helps.
If there's something weird in there it's because I originally made this list for my dad, but I tried to take all of that out. I really do hope this helps in at least some way. I wish the best to both of you!
Helpful Shit: - Therapists and Psychiatrists can do their job better if you keep track of your moods, the duration, the potential catalyst (mental and external), where you were/what you were doing, and any other notable circumstances of the situation or what led to it.
I've got several mood and tracking apps because tracking things will help with ^
If they give homework/worksheets do them. Having a physical reminder to look back at will help you remember what's going on, what you're supposed to be working on, AND it can help you track where you're at and how much progress you've made.
Don't get discouraged if you have to go through 5/10. They don't get upset, they hope you find the right therapist for you, they know that it's important to mesh well with your therapist and they don't get offended.
Online/AppsTherapy:
● App - Online Therapy: Meet With Your Therapist Online I downloaded it to see what it would be like before handing this off to you and this one seems AMAZINGLY detailed and tries to tailor things for the individual as much as possible. They have other things like worksheets, journals, and sections to help you identify problems and figure out a way to start working at them. Not completely sure how much this one costs, but it said it was pretty cheap
- Your job may have an Employee Assistance Program that could help you find free mental health options.
● Online - Open Path Psychotherapy Collecfive: https://openpathcollective.org/find-a-clinician/?address=&distance=25&n=&ethnicity=&active=undefined&remote=VA&age=&language=&modality=&specialties=&treatment=&pagination=0
Spoke to them and they work with your budget, most are $30-60 for individual therapy.There is also a lifetime membership fee of $57 (or something like that)
● Online- SAMHSA's Hotline: (Substance Abuse and Mental Health) 1-800-487-4889 they will give you way more information on resources that can help you. It's 24/7/365
They might ask about the substance abuse thing, just let them know it's for mental health resources.
Their Behavioral Health Services Locator: findtreatment.samhsa.gov
Their Early Mental Illness Treatment Locator: samhsa.gov/esmi-treatment-locator
Their Suicide Prevention Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 (not saying you need it, I just know I could have needed it at times)
They also have a lot more, I suggest you poke around their website.
● Online - MedlinePlus: https://medlineplus.gov/mentalhealth.html
There is a lot of good information here. It's the National Institutes of Health's resource and information list.
● Online - Mental Health Resources: http://www.mhresources.org/ They help you find resources in the community (not entirely sure what they mean by that, but figured I'd add it anyways)
● Online - National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Home
They have TONS of resources and articles that might help, just add in your zip code or state.
● Online - https://socialworklicensemap.com/social-work-resources/mental-health-resources-list/
This is where I got the last three things from (thought those might be the most helpful) but they have SO MANY other resources that it's worth looking over
● Online - DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance): https://www.dbsalliance.org/
They're another resource locator but specifically for those two, so a better chance of finding someone specifically for depression.
● Online - Adult Children of Alcohllics/Dysfunctional Families: https://www.adultchildren.org/
Don't know how much this will help, but figured I'd add it.
Online - https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/free-online-resources-for-mental-illness
Got the last two from here, figured those were the two that might help most, but this is the rest of the list just in case.
● Online - CDC Mental Health: https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/individuals/index.htm
Mood Tracking apps:
I find that a physical journal helps me most, but that can sometimes take a bit of time.
● Daylio: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
● Mood Patterns: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.moodpatterns.moodpatterns
This one is WAY more detailed. I suggest this because you can add in where you were at during the mood, what you were doing, and who was there.
● Mood Potatoes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moodbuddy.app
This one is very basic and silly, but it might make him smile.
This is all I could dig up before work, but you can literally just Google "(free) mental health resources"
Daylio Andriod Playstore Link
Daylio is really good. Really fast to put updates into, so it doesn't interrupt your day. Very customisable too
I use Daylio to do this and it has been very helpful.
Also you might be in the wrong sub?
Daylio - Diary, Journal, Mood Tracker | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 10,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> Daylio enables you to keep a private journal without having to type a single line. Try this beautifully designed & stunningly simple micro-diary app right now for FREE! 😁 WHAT IS DAYLIO Daylio is a very versatile app, ...
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A great blog post about this: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/my-tactical-advice-for-clearing-depression/
A mood/activity app you can use that will show you over time what activities are associated with good/bad moods: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US&gl=US
Used Daylio to track mood every day. Used infogram.com and Canva.com for visualisation and edits
Was it DAYLIO?
on android and iphone ,
Daylio Journal
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daylio-journal/id1194023242
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US&gl=US
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I have the paid version, but you can export your files.
its pretty flexable.
Daylio https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daylio-journal/id1194023242
Super easy and fast. Just select habit and mood. Done.
Daylio - Diary, Journal, Mood Tracker | 4.6 rating | Free with IAP | 10,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> Daylio enables you to keep a private journal without having to type a single line. Try this beautifully designed & stunningly simple micro-diary app right now for FREE! 😁 WHAT IS DAYLIO Daylio is a very versatile app, ...
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I think he's referring to this app.
You can try Daylio
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
I didn't try any of this apps but maybe you can find what you want Daylio, Diaro, Decodiary or Calendar Note
There's Daylio for Android.
In case you don't get enough replies, these are from American Psychological Association for rather mild political tension compared to HK:
https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-political-change
https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-conversations
https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/managing-stress
This piece on refugees cites a few approach that worked:
psychosocial counselling—a type of talking therapy...Just 5–8 sessions improved symptoms of depression and anxiety for up to 3 months. (7Cups is online talk therapy, base help is free.)
narration exposure therapy (NET), carried out by trained lay counsellors, can reduce the severity of PTSD symptoms...A traumatized person works with a therapist or counsellor to construct a narrative of their lives and anchor their traumatic experiences in the correct time and place
This piece on stress in the city, recommends recording your mood (for example, mood diary) on the premise it might change when you spend time in a green space vs. urbanity.
A study on political trauma recommends art therapy together with mindfulness meditation.
Exported from Dailyo and plotted in LibreOffice.
Created with data recorded by myself daily and presented using Daylio (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio)
Osta puhelimen sovelluskaupasta jotakin. Suosittelen Dayliota, tai vaihtoehtoisesti jotakin ToDo-sovellusta.
App for the purpose - Daylio.
I think it's Daylio. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US for Android, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daylio-journal-diary-moods/id1194023242?mt=8 for Apple. I used to use this and may start again.
Daylio a mood tracker. I usually dont ike journaling but this app makes it easy and gives you cool stats to look at.
Funnily enough I was thinking to keep one as I get older and more forgetful. This popped up on Play Store today.
But not sure if it's for me... Also, Bullet Journal has been touted as a good way to address improving the bits of your life you want to be efficient, but doesn't seem to fit the "Dear Diary/Journal" aka "Hey!" format
EDIT: Looking at two options for fully digital version, wiht Journey.cloud looking promising and a private Twitter account looking quite interesting too.
You can use some tools like
Daylio
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en_US
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daylio-journal-diary-moods/id1194023242?mt=8
Nomie
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.nomie.pro
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nomie-pro/id1190618299?ls=1&mt=8
Keep Track : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zagalaga.keeptrack
or any other tools including Google Forms
These are text book symptoms of hypomanic episodes. You probably already know about these but guess there's no harm in listing them anyway, hope you don't mind;
Euphoric, elevated, expansive, or irritable mood and increased energy;
Excessive self-esteem or grandiosity; less need to sleep; more talkative than usual or feeling pressured to continue talking;
Expresses ideas rapidly -- quickly changes topics or feels that thoughts are racing; trouble focusing; restlessness or increased participation in goal-oriented activities;
Excessively engaging in activities that have a high likelihood of having negative consequences (for example, promiscuity, excessive spending, poor business decisions).
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Anyway, what I've found to be useful is to learn about myself. This means, in the most objective way as possible, analyze and ponder on what you can and cannot do, about your personality - if you're an introvert or extrovert for example - how you react to different situations, how much you enjoy talking to strangers.
What do you like? Whether a job, field of study or both. Feeling like you can work two jobs and go through business school in two years simultaneously? It might be the start of a hypomanic episode.
So, when you start feeling that extra energy, you start sleeping less and your thoughts start to race and ideas come to your mind, compare those to how you actually are when stable and you'll be able to identify if a hypomanic episode is coming and thus, do your best to keep calm and cool-headed. You can even keep a journal or notes. Mood tracking apps such as Daylio, eMoods or DBSA Wellness Tracker help quite a lot to see where you're standing. There are many other apps like these out there if you don't like any of the ones I've listed.
It's important, whenever possible of course, to catch it before it spirals, since once it has become a full episode, it's way harder to keep it in check.
One last thing, know that you're alone in this, bare with me, by alone I mean you're the only one who knows your mind, not that other people have left you. Unless they invent something that can say, project our thoughts to a TV so other people can see and analyze them, only we can know how things are going inside our skull. That's why it's so important to learn about yourself. It's impossible for a friend to tell you "man/girl, your thoughts are racing like crazy!"
What other people can do for you is learn how you manifest hypomanic symptoms and take precautionary measures, such as taking your credit card away, keep an eye on you so you don't go crazy and party 24/7 leaving your responsibilities aside and so on. If they know you suffer from BD, you can ask them to do such things if they notice you're going overboard. Be sure to tell them they can do it even if you get angry - back in the day, when anger was an issue (I'm BP I so, manic rage) I told my mom if she ever saw me breaking things, throwing a chair through the window or so, to get away from me and call the police. I'd never hurt a living being, not even manic, but still, good furniture's expensive �� It never happened, but the precautionary measure was there nonetheless.
Meditation has helped me keep a clear, calm and focused mind (as well as medication of course); if you feel like it, give it a try. Might work, might not, but no harm in trying, right?
Wow, didn't mean to write a wall of text, sorry for that. Hope it helps you though, good luck and have a nice weekend!
The first things that come to mind are podcasts and journaling. I use Daylio for mood tracking and journaling, I find it helps greatly with keeping my momentum. Add some inspirational podcasts in the mix, like Wrestling With Depression, On Being, the Tim Ferriss Show, and you're golden. Mindfulness meditation also won't hurt. It keeps you from spiraling into negative thought patterns. Also, how about some inspiring books? I hear everyone and their dog are talking about the Six Pillars of Self-Esteem and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, I guess I should finally get on to that. You could also make a playlist of positive music or favourite comedy sketches or Ted talks. Great moves, keep it up, proud of you!
Certainly. It's called Daylio. Here it is on the Play Store.
If you're on android, this is also a great app I've been using lately: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio
Try Daylio