Just guessing here - I'd think a lot of stress/anxiety/depression problems are linked in some way to screen time and using an app to help with them is just lonely and more depressing.
Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management
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Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management
#62We should be able to aid each other, in person, on learning how to manage these ailments, which are frequently associated to a lack of social fulfillment, as I've personally experienced on myself. Gamifying it is literally the last option I would recommend to anyone suffering from anxiety, stress or depression, as blindly following an app's dictates goes essentially against the hard, introspective, and highly critica…
I believe the contribution of this app is great. Maybe it will help some people think about the meaning of being anxious or depressed. By using this app, they may realize they are not actually depressed, or maybe they will not feel better after using it, and they will look for help elsewhere.
Great idea imo.
Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management
#63I'm a simple man -- I see an open source Flutter app, I upvote it. Thanks for publishing this, I always appreciate seeing examples of full-fledged Flutter apps for reference! The app looks really well built and intuitive to use.
It is not technically open source, but 'source provided' until there is an OSS license provided.
Update: Unfortunately the code is entirely proprietary as per the hackathon submission guidelines: "The NUS Office of Student Affairs will entirely own the right of your solutions and will implement the solutions as they deem fit to benefit Hack For Good 2020's partner non-profit organizations."
As a result the github project is now archived.
Re: Show HN: Helm - A Flutter app that gamifies stress/anxiety/depression management
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
for: https://www.amazon.com/SuperBetter-Living-Gamefully-Jane-McG... https://tim.blog/2015/07/28/jane-mcgonigal/ against: https://mental.jmir.org/2019/6/e13717/
Your "against" seems to be an actual study, your "for" links are from Jane McGonigal who's been criticized for making claims not backed up in any way and who makes money selling "betterness" through apps, TED talks, and books.
Thanks for your productive contribution to the discussion