Ask HN: What are some mentally healthy apps to have?

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J&J Official 7 Minute Workout

#Health And Fitness #Sport & Health #Lifestyle 7 social mentions

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40 Hadiths

I agree about what others are saying about internet access being a pandora's box of stress and depression, so I think creative apps would fit your description a bit better. Even if you're not the artistic type, you should try Townscaper: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.OskarStalberg.Townscaper&hl=en_US&gl=US It's a bit like meditating, you lay out these tiny little island villages that add all of the extra little details for you. It helps me cope with the world.

#Mobile Apps #Religion #Web Search 1158 social mentions

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Medium

> The more you can integrate the slower pace of nature and natural life, the better your mental health. Your physical presence is optimised for long days of doing fuck all, sitting in the grass, waiting for a deer to pass by. I am 1000% on board with this perspective, yet find your prescriptive solution to be a tad askew. To me, the early internet - especially the pre-broadband days - was very similar to "doing fuck all," waiting for something to come by my screen to engage my focus & attention. In fact, the keyboard-driven computing world was a very pure invocation of the hunter-gatherer mindset. I wrote an article on Medium about this back in 2017, called "Tyrannical Illiteracy." [0] I have yet to conceive of a more fitting description of today's internet than that. [0] https://medium.com/@AndrewUnmuted/tyrannical-illiteracy-part-one-d1aa2ba4ca89.

#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 2186 social mentions

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Medito

I love Medito[1], it's a free app to learn and practice meditation. It offers a ton of packs ranging from first guided meditations to beginners to very focused topics (i.e. sleep, manage pain...) from research collaboration with universities. Ah, and it's available for Mac and Android. 1. https://meditofoundation.org/medito-app.

#Meditation #Health And Fitness #Sleep 12 social mentions

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Streaks

#Productivity #Habit Building #Todos 20 social mentions

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Plum Village

Few links to mental health cultivating apps on my phone: Plum Village: https://plumvillage.app/.

#Health And Fitness #Meditation #Sleep 37 social mentions

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Freedom.to

My wife complains about it, but I use my Chess and Go playing apps quite often. I like being able to adjust play so I win or lose about half the time. I recommend https://freedom.to to block social media sites during a few long periods a day.

#Time Tracking #Tool #Time Management 184 social mentions

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Grayscale the Web

Grayscale the Web is a great plugin for this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/grayscale-the-web-save-si/mblmpdpfppogibmoobibfannckeeleag?hl=en I too find a bright red (usually useless) notification badge (for ex) very distracting, this helps me focus on the content a ton (along with setting #header and #footer to {display: none} on 99% of site).

#Design Tools #AI #Action 1 social mentions