Mindful Apps That Help With Stress & Anxiety
By Lilly Kate Diaz ‘20
Hi, all! It’s been a while, and I’ve missed talking to you all!
It’s midterms week (about to end, actually)! I want you all to remember that it is important to take care of your mental/physical health. I understand that it can be hard sometimes, especially with having to balance studying, classes, and whatnot, but please remember to check in with yourself! In fact, I’ve been taking time to myself as well.
Below is a list of apps that can help relieve anxiety and stress. I’ve been using these apps for a while and most of them have been helpful! I recommend trying them out.
I’ve included the links so that you all can check them out.
This app was super useful and totally confidential. It connects you to a one-on-one session with a professional listener and/or online therapist anonymously. You can create daily goals for your personal pathway. A con might have to be that you have to create an account (but it’s a short process). I recommend this to anyone struggling with anxiety, depression, or just needs to vent.
This app is much more self-interactive and gives you tools based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, relaxation, and wellness. Some of the tools helped me break some of my anxiety, understand what gives me anxiety, and recommend things I can do to calm myself from anxiety/panic attacks.
I love this app. I’ve had it before writing this article. I recommend this app for daily mindfulness, meditation. I found myself with several days of great clarity, joy, and peace. Some of the exercises in this app are useful as well.
As a USC student, you are able to access the app’s premium content for free with your USC email here.
What’s Up? Anxiety (Android app)
This app has some great Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) methods to help cope with depression, anxiety, anger, stress, and more. I found this app pretty easy to use.
This friendly app offers many self-help methods for people who are serious about learning how to manage their anxiety. What’s cool about this app is that it’s developed by psychologists, computer scientists, and even student users!
This app is another favorite of mine as it comes with daily notifications to check in. It focuses on meditation, and provides guided meditations that are suitable for almost anyone. And of course, meditation can help improve focus, exercise mindful awareness, relieve anxiety, and reduce stress!
This app helps with stress, bad sleep, weight gain, and low self-esteem. You can choose a treatment you’d like to work with, and then sit back, relax, and listen to the sessions. I recommend this to people who have bad habits and would like to stop them!
This app is mostly focused on meditation. I truly enjoyed it because all the sessions I tried allowed me to connect with my inner-self, while also eliminating unnecessary stress!
tl;dr:
These are some pretty great apps that can help cope with bad habits, anxiety, depression, and so much more. I do want to stress that even though these apps are useful, visiting and speaking with a professional doctor is also a great method for taking care of your mental health!
USC Engemann Student Health Center offers many helpful counseling resources both one-on-one and in group settings, as well as weekly activities such as Paws for Pause, Beau’s Office Hours, and Happy Hour with OWHP. You can also take part in mindfulness classes on campus.
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