by Gymna
I just had a 2-minute tune-up, thanks to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a well-studied psychological science that focuses on reframing your negative thinking to alleviate stress and anxiety. And while it wasn’t quite as fun as a level of Monument Valley, I had to admit, I was surprised that Moodnotes had sucked me in so quickly. I’d been slowly transitioned from jotting down my thoughts to expanding them to clinical self-diagnosis. Of course, easing me into the principles of CBT was entirely by design."Journaling is a very simple, familiar activity for most people. We were looking to hide the vegetables in the meal," explains Dr. Edrick Dorian, co-founder of Thriveport, the two-man firm brought in to consult on and provide the psychological content of Moodnotes. "[We figured] if we can disguise healthy content in a relatively enjoyable, possibly delightful, experience, we’d truly be disseminating empirically supported wisdom in ways and to people we’d normally not have access to."