MindfulMe

MindfulMe has been designed for the betterment of one’s mental health, providing a free and convenient solution for anyone that is seeking support or self-improvement through the use of a ChatBot.

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MindfulMe has been designed for the betterment of one’s mental health. It provides a free and convenient solution for anyone that is seeking support or self-improvement. Our app attempts to utilize AI to offer a safe space for self-reflection, to give advice, and to provide resources to manage stress and anxiety. With chatbot interactions, users will be able to have personalized conversations catered just for them. Take control of your mental health with our intuitive app.

Inspiration

For the longest time, there has been a stigma around the topic of mental health in the South Asian community. As a result of this, not much awareness is brought to this important topic. Our mission was to create an application that brings more awareness to mental health and provides solutions, both short-term and long-term, for both people in the South Asian community where mental health issues are seen as nonexistent, and for others who need a free resource. Free self-improvement is exactly what MindfulMe is for.

What it Does

MindfulMe is an application that has been designed for the betterment of one’s mental health. It provides a convenient solution for anyone that is seeking support or self-improvement. Our app has a Get Started page that explains users about the app, an About page that explains what mental health is and offers other free resources, and a Chat Freely page which utilizes a Chatbot to offer a safe space for self-reflection, to give advice, and to provide resources to manage stress and anxiety. With the chatbot interactions, users will be able to have personalized conversations catered just for them. By inputting the reason they are on the app in the Account page, we will be able to understand what common causes users are on the app for, helping us train our AI to have more specific responses regarding those issues.

Challenges we ran into

One main challenge we faced was the process of integrating AI into our code. It was also difficult to debug our code at times and fix the errors. This was the first time that ⅔ of our group members used Flutter so there were a few challenges regarding that.

Accomplishments that we’re proud of

We are proud of the fact that we successfully completed the application even though it was some of our first times using Flutter. We are also happy with the UI/UX design of the mobile application. Additionally, we were able to integrate a ChatBot into our application even though we ran into issues with the AI, which allowed us to somewhat reach our goal.

What we learned

We learned how to create a plan and carry it out while also being able to eliminate obstacles. Some of us also learned how to use a new framework called Flutter. We also learned that there are always going to be problems that we encounter when creating something new, and it is crucial to move on to the next step rather than staying stuck on one problem for too long.

What’s Next For MindfulMe

We hope to integrate actual AI in MindfulMe in the future so that people are able to have full and complete conversations with the ChatBot. This would serve as an essential free resource, mostly as a substitute for therapists.

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