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Life Changing
I’m a new stay at home mom with postpartum anxiety and without any childcare. Because of my lack of childcare, I have been unable to get the mental help I need, because I am not able to bring my young child to appointments. But, I desperately needed help because my anxiety was getting out of control, and I was starting to feel hopeless because I felt like I would never be able to get the help I needed, at least for years to come.
This app however, without sounding cheesy, is honestly my light in the dark. I felt so hopeless, but then I found this and I feel motivated and I’m charge of my brain again and gave me the flexibility to get good help even though I don’t have any childcare support. I am beyond grateful that this app exists. It has and continues to greatly help me each and every day. I honestly believe that because of it, I’m going to be the type of healthy, good parent that I want to be, instead of being ruled by my anxiety.Show lessbrittany931!
It’s good so far…
I rated this three stars for now because I just started using this, I feel like it’s a good middle ground between what I like so far and what I don’t. I will be updating my review once my free trial ends and expand further on my thoughts on this app. I’m using this tool for some anxiety to get some tools for “In the moment.” With a busy schedule this seems like it will work to fit in my schedule without having to run to an office for some, mental maintenance.
It’s smooth so far, the guide I chose her voice is soothing. It includes helpful options for any time to help your mindset and bring you into a more mindful state. The journaling is helpful to have it with you at all times to jot feelings, thoughts at any moment. Even has sleep meditation for those like myself who have difficulty sleeping.
The only thing so far in the short time I’ve used it that kind of upsets me is that there is no family sharing. It really is a let down that a health app isn’t inclusive to your family if you pay for all their devices already.
For the yearly price I’m not sure it is worth it if I can’t share it with my teens. I’ll see if it’s worth it for the individual price after my free trial is up or if I will find something else similar that allows family sharing like most health apps. I’ll update this with more of a review after.Show lessCas with one S
Too many prompts and way too political
I enjoyed the app at first, but a bit turned off by the constant “rate this experience” at the end of each activity. I understand that the prompts to give reflection/thoughts are intended to help, but this was excessive for my taste. I also mostly disliked the daily quotes, namely because the narrator repeats the quotes more than twice and the message I received felt more like propaganda than genuine, unbiased help. After the first politically driven quote, I took that as a red flag. After the next few sessions, I came across yet another cryptic, yet obviously one sided quote that just wasn’t necessary or relevant to mental health needs. My political views are no one’s business and to assume what mine, or anyone else’s views are is presumptuous and frankly just intrusive. I’m neutral to everyone’s beliefs, but when I am spoon fed one side over the other, it feels more manipulative than helpful. Overall, I don’t think this is the app for me but hope that it can helpful for others. It’s a shame I paid $50 for the annual subscription only to discover after the 3 day trial period that this app is just not for me.Show lessaxela betwixt
Developer Response
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First off, I would like to say that I’ve only been using this app for 3 days, but I’m already starting to see improvements in my well-being. This app is beautiful, not because it’s user friendly and the design is impeccable but because of what it does and is doing for others. Creating this app to help others heal from the inside out is truly something. I think now more than ever it is important for society and people as a whole to evolve, tear apart generational trauma, and work on themselves and their souls and creating an app like this truly makes an impact. I have seen others suggest that this app should be more “affordable” and while I do believe that that would be nice as more people would have access, I do believe that everything is an energetic exchange and that you all deserve to have your work compensated in whatever manner works best for you. Anyway, I am rambling, but I just wanted to say thank you💗Show lessSuperstar8692
A very very happy accident :)
To be honest, I came across bloom in an ad, downloaded it and got the free trial, and didn’t touch it for that entire week. Once I saw that the $60 I forgot about had come out of my account, I knew it was a good idea to give it a shot.
I’m so glad I did.
I have bipolar disorder and anxiety. While I take many many medications to stay stable, I found that bloom was a great addition to my treatment. I have never been able to afford traditional therapy and as a college student I feel like I needed it more than ever. I love bloom because I can go on it immediately if i’m depressed, having a panic attack, or just need some self love. Bloom has taught me multiple techniques that I otherwise wouldn’t have known. Many of these techniques got me out of one of the worst depressive episodes of my life. I am so grateful for bloom, grateful that I signed up, and thankful that I have an easy, affordable resource to use whenever I need it. Thank you.Show lesslils wtfrick
Bloom saved my life!
I’ve been out of traditional therapy for two years. I found Bloom in a search for something, wasn’t sure what but it’s the best discovery I’ve made ever (self-discoveries not included.. LOL). I was alone in my apartment, tears rolling down my eyes like Niagara Falls. No friends, no family, no therapist. My intuition urged me to just log my emotions and journal my way out of the darkness my soul had plummeted into. The next thing I know, I was interacting with a session I picked at random and my mood shifted dramatically. I was near suicide that day but thanks to this app, when no one else was there, it was at arm’s length away when I needed it. No mask. No COVID screening. No waiting room wait. Just warm and compassionate therapy. Thanks Bloom. I owe you my life!Show lessRAMster80
Needs more content
I really like this app, but when I search for specific content I feel like there may be one session that applies and that is just not enough. I paid for a year of this app but it is obvious that I will run out of sessions that fit. As a parent I am really hoping they add in more content since there is only two sessions in this category. My last thought is that it would be really cool to have sessions that you can do with your child, teen, significant other, or close friend. Sure you could do that without the session being targeted for this, but the opportunity to demo some of this two way communication would be really cool and help people talk together about difficult things.Show lessytterbug
In app purchases. DO NOT WRITE IN THE JOURNAL.
You can barely do anything without spending money. I don’t understand why someone has to pay for help when the advertisement is saying it’s free. This isn’t why I’m writing a review, though.
I entered a description when submitting my mood, and I wrote a lot of meaningful things that I want to keep and reread. I went to copy paste it and it wouldn’t let me. I then tried to scroll down just read what I wrote and it wouldn’t let me. It would only let me scroll as far as my finger could go from the bottom, to the top of the screen. Now it won’t let me see what I just vented about. Like, I can’t even scroll to see the rest? Why is that a setting? Now I’ve lost a journal entry essentially, because I can’t see half of what I wrote. Please let me copy paste things in this app. Or let me scroll the way down on a description to a mood submission. That feels like the bare minimum.Show lesshspanos
Feels like a hug
I started this app in a low moment, and I think I really needed to hear what it has to say. I’m doing the free trial and chose Mike and the kindness and warmth in his voice is really a balm.
I normally use Headspace, which I love, but there’s a warmness and caring in the session I just completed on Bloom that I haven’t felt in other apps. Feels like a hug.
I’ve done CBT before as workbooks (Mind over Mood, I think it was called) and I loved it, but the book doesn’t have the nudge or notification features (obviously, lol)and I’m sure it tracks my mood trends in a way that the book can’t (automatically, that is) so that’s very useful. I think I might pay for the full version.Show lessr0shen
Help I need
I downloaded Bloom a couple of months ago after seeing an advertisement for it. At that time I just said okay, I don’t have time for this. Today, when my watch alerted me for my heart rate going through the roof due to some work related stresses, I remembered this app. I opened it in my lunch break and listened, wrote down my feelings and thoughts, did some of the exercises. It was all very quick. But I am feeling much better. I feel like this will be good for me. A very small investment in yourself and your emotional and mental well being. I’m looking forward to the daily exercises and the journey, and I am very hopeful that Bloom will help me become more grounded.Show lessHenike
