Whether you need anonymous emotional support, space to vent, or even just someone to talk to without judgment or bias—your Buddy’s here for you. The LonePack Buddy app gives you a platform to discuss anything at any time completely free of cost.

Thank you, @5harath for hunting LonePack Buddy. To feel heard and supported is what we need, especially when we are going through a difficult time. While that’s not a lot to ask for, it’s not always that easy. It’s hard to open up about our feelings and emotions without feeling like a burden or fearing judgement. Yet, the very act of talking to a supportive friend in a safe space often makes us feel better. We at LonePack are no exception. LonePack as a non-profit was born from our collective struggles with mental health through our formative years. We know first hand that confiding in someone isn’t easy, but we wanted to create a platform that made it simpler, easier, and safer to do so. We believe these spaces are even more critical in current times considering the increase in collective anxiety and isolation due to the pandemic. 💬 Buddy is a free, peer-to-peer, mental health chat app, targeted at the youth and run by the youth. It’s a platform to anonymously talk about anything that’s on your mind with a trained volunteer in a safe space. 👂 The app features trained volunteers aka “listeners,” who can provide emotional support and build healthy conversations while you navigate through your thoughts and emotions with them. 🎓 The volunteers are trained to be empathetic listeners through a rigorous course and evaluation procedure, designed in conjunction with mental health experts at The Minds Foundation. 🤝 While your Buddy isn’t equivalent to a therapist, they’re equipped to listen to you as a non-judgemental friend, help navigate through emotional distress and be there for you while you get through the hard times. They can direct you to qualified professionals if required. 🚫 At Buddy, we value the safety of both our users and listeners. A “Report” button is given to report any inappropriate messages on the platform. 📚 Through Buddy, you can also get free access to our repository that contains a listing of verified clinicians and professionals, thoughtfully-written blogs, and candid stories on why #MentalHealthMatters, shared by people around the world who talk about their experiences of mental health struggles. Buddy has been a labour of love for us at LonePack, aimed at letting people know that they are not alone—we hope you feel the same once you meet your Buddy! ❤️ Love, The LonePack Team

@siddhaarth_sudhakaran Congratulations on the launch! LonePack Buddy could be addressing this need gap - 'Remote work is making me lonely and depressed ' posted on my problem validation platform - https://needgap.com/problems/243... . You're welcomed to explain how LonePack Buddy solves their problem, So those who need it can find it easily.

It's been a phenomenal learning curve for me in understanding how I could contribute my expertise in mental health and behavioral sciences to help develop innovations in the mental health tech and product space! LonePack Buddy is unique in that it emphasized Listener quality and has made that it's priority in every step. Happy to be a part of helping improve the training and evaluation for Listeners here which by far has yielded us quality contributors 💯💯

@divya_chavaly Your expertise elevated this whole experience. All thanks to your guided approach and knowledge about this space. :D

Nice to talk to trained volunteers, not bots! Simple to use, lots of resources, patient listeners...

@aparna_sudhakaran Thanks for the feedback :) And yes, knowing that they are talking to a real human on the other end can be important when one is in distress. Hence, we worked with mental health professionals to create a training course and evaluation criteria. Rest assured that the volunteers you talked to are well equipped to provide empathetic listening!

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