mental health

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can prescribe. A therapist is one of several licensed professions. Which to book first, without deciding on medication.

Empathy is feeling with someone, sympathy is feeling for them. Example lines for each, and why research says sympathy is the one linked to helping.

The US government measures loneliness and almost nobody uses the figure. The real rate by age, computed from the CDC’s own 2024 file, and why others say 60%.

Forty-eight grief journal prompts in two directions, facing the loss and facing the life around it. Each with why it helps and how to answer it.

Thirty things to say to someone who is dying, sorted by where the illness is, each with why it lands and when it is the wrong line.

Thirty things to say when someone’s pet dies, sorted by where they are in it, each with why it lands and when it is the wrong line.

There is no Happify app on either app store as of September 2026. Here is what happened, what still exists, and seven verified alternatives to use instead.

In trials, 92% start these apps. On a real phone, 3% last a month. Fifteen self-care apps sorted by what each one asks of you on a bad week.

Fifteen self-care apps sorted by how free they actually are, with the exact paywall on each, and a two-minute check you can run on any app.

Forty-eight journal prompts for anxious thinking, sorted by what the worry is doing. Each one carries why it helps and how to answer it.