Bothered?

“An AI-powered mental health web app offering mood tracking, meditation, affirmations, and location-based helplines to support youth emotional well-being.”

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Inspiration

When someone is emotionally overwhelmed, they don’t want to experiment, compare options, or decide what might help. They are already carrying a mental load.

From my own experience, I realized that healing can take many forms:

🌸 Listening to positive affirmations

🧘 Practicing meditation

💬 Talking to an AI, a friend, or a therapist

The problem? All these supports are scattered — and deciding where to go becomes another burden.

That’s why I built bothered? — one calm space where emotional support comes together.

What it does

🧠 What the App Does ✨ Core Features

💬 AI Companion — Luma Luma symbolizes light in darkness and offers empathetic, non-judgmental conversations.

🌸 Positive Affirmations Positive affirmations to gently uplift mood.

🧘 Meditation & Calming Music Built-in music to slow the mind and regulate emotions.

👥 Trusted Contacts Save close friends or family to reach out easily.

📍 Mental Health Support Map Shows country-specific mental health resources.

📅 Mood Tracking Calendar Track daily emotions like happy, sad, anxious, or stressed.

🚨 Early Warning Alerts If prolonged low moods are detected, the app gently encourages seeking support

How we built it

✨ Bothered? was built with one goal: make help feel effortless when emotions feel heavy.

⚛️ React + Tailwind CSS → calm, minimal, soothing UI

🧠 Node.js + Express → secure, scalable backend

🗄️ MongoDB → mood logs, contacts, and user data

🤖 Groq AI → powers Luma, our empathetic AI companion

🗺️ Leaflet + OpenStreetMap → location-based mental health support

📅 Mood pattern detection → triggers gentle care alerts

💡 The app thinks for the user when the user can’t.

Challenges we ran into

⚠️ Mental health apps demand extra care.

😌 Designing a UI that feels safe, not clinical

🤝 Making AI responses supportive, not overwhelming

⚖️ Balancing many features without cognitive overload

🚨 Creating alerts that help, not scare

🔐 Protecting sensitive emotional data

Accomplishments that we're proud of

🌟 This project is more than features — it’s intention.

🧩 Unified multiple healing options into one calm space

💚 Built Luma, an AI that listens before it speaks

🧠 Reduced decision fatigue during emotional distress

🚑 Added preventive care, not just reactive support

🌱 Designed with empathy at the core

What we learned

📖 This project reshaped how we think about building tech.

💭 Empathy > complexity

🎨 Calm design can heal

🤖 AI must support, not replace humans

🛡️ Preventive mental health care matters

✂️ Sometimes the best feature is removal

What's next for Bothered?

What’s Next for Bothered?

✨ Our vision is to make Bothered? deeply personal, inclusive, and always within reach.

🌍 Multilingual Accessibility Bothered? will support multiple languages, so users can express emotions in the language they’re most comfortable with.

📖 Personal Diary & Story Space A private diary feature where students can write their stories, thoughts, and daily reflections — like a safe emotional journal.

🖼️ Memories & Media Storage Users will be able to store photos, memories, or meaningful moments, helping them reconnect with positivity during hard days.

📱 Mobile App Experience A mobile-first version of Bothered? so support is always available — anytime, anywhere — right in the user’s pocket.

🧠 Smarter Emotional Insights Combine mood logs and diary entries to offer gentle emotional reflections (never judgmental).

🔐 Privacy-First Expansion Strong encryption, user consent, and data transparency will remain central as new features grow.

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