technology tends to get a bad rap when it comes to our mental health.
After all, social media has been proven to cause anxiety and depression.
But now those same platforms are working to destigmatize mental illness and also
encourage individuals to take a closer look at what's going on up here.
It's not all bad.
Thanks to technology,
we have online spaces like Tiktok where people are
opening up to complete strangers about struggles with mental illness
and working through trauma all in creative ways with therapists,
they may never even meet or even pay kind of like this,
I start the session,
let's talk.
It's so hard for you to see people not loving you.
So,
you decided to agree with every little thing
that they do and say licensed therapist.
Dr Mariel bouquet is using Tiktok to offer a
helping hand to people who are battling mental health issues
and she's not the only one making therapeutic techniques more accessible.
Thousands of therapists now use Tiktok is an extension of their practice.
So, while you may be stumbling upon a triggering what I eat in a day video,
the next video could be a therapist that's giving tips to combat diet.
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isn't perfect, of course not. But progress is being made here
and it's not just professionals that are changing the space
users are opening up about their own mental health struggles.
Also,
they're asking for advice and forming online communities
with others who can relate to them.
But if Tiktok therapy isn't for you may be mindful movement is
cheaper by the dozen star, Alyson stoner is helping people explore their wellness.
They're a digital tool called movement genius.
This is designed to improve your mental and physical well being through movement.
So I started working with clinicians and
experts across sectors to design movement programs
specifically to help people improve their mental and emotional well being.
And over the course of several months we realized this needs to be its own platform.
Thousands of other apps exist today focusing on innovative
approaches to wellness and even three therapy sessions,
all available at your fingertips.
One app is aimed at providing the tools you
need before you reach crisis and it's geared specifically towards
an age group whose mental health was hit the hardest
by the pandemic and that students aged 14 to 22
2 longtime friends in college undergrads created dial app
all to make mental health services more approachable,
accessible and widely accepted among their peers.
Schools have a painful time managing how to educate their students
on mental health before they reach crisis and that's the key.
And the experiences oftentimes awful for students who have to learn
from outdated curriculum and face massive stigma entirely on their own.
In this world that we're trying to create ideally,
mental health care should be fully managed for schools and
engaging for students and so we have four main features.
One of them is the pathways that's one of the main features and it's really
where we built this platform that takes
over the core mental health education experience.
What we do is we translate the science of mental
health into short form video content so that curriculum is accessible
for everyone and we cover hundreds of different relatable mental
health topics and celebrate students for taking that first step.
Now some of those relatable topics include overcoming
fomo setting boundaries and even understanding impostor syndrome.
But what happens when those students leave school and enter the workforce?
Well 75% of mental health problems start by the age of 24 And
the stress of all has led workers to start to reconsider their jobs.
A recent report by McKinsey shows 75 out
of 100 employees requires support fostering mental wellness
thankfully. Digital tools have made it easier for employers to offer that support
apps like talk space or combating employee
burnout by helping employees connect with therapists,
Talk space,
found individuals who go to therapy or 41% more productive in the workplace.
Virtual wellness in the workplace isn't the only thing evolving in the tech world.
The social media landscape is changing.
Also, there are now social media sites focused on bringing you clean media.
So imagine a site where there's no misinformation, no bias,
harassment or even Clickbait.
A site used as a true force for good pick story is a platform looking to do just that.
It's an integrity based social media platform promoting a home
for healthy dialogue and a safe haven from online toxicity.
NBA champ Dwight howard became picks trees,
brand ambassador all to promote good vibes on social media and
remind us of the amount of likes that we have in our
post does not translate to how much we're liked as a person
we wanted to be like for actually having knowledge and information and
you know, actually wanted to learn more and I think it's just how
society has basically flipped everything into us thinking that we have to get
as many lights as we can to become instagram famous or social media famous
see text. Not all that bad.
And these are just a few of the many ways
can be used to actually improve your mental health,
but whether you use these digital tools or the old fashioned face to face method,
the bottom line is still the same.
Don't be afraid to take that next step in
your mental wellness journey because you'll thank yourself later.