Wuju.app
a mental health app that surgically removes
stress and racing thoughts in two minutes flat
Hi,
My name is Eli Finer.
I was first diagnosed with depression when I was working on a startup in 2007. I went to the doctor, told him I was feeling mild flu symptoms for a couple of months, he asked me a few questions, determined that I had depression, gave my some SSRIs, and sent me home.
It worked for a while, but then 2008 happened, our startup collapsed, the stakes got higher and the depression came back. I tried different meds for a few years and every time life took a bad turn the doc recommended I up the dosage. I could see this how would eventually lead me to a straitjacket and started looking for other ways.
Over the years I tried various forms of therapy, studied and actively practiced life coaching, got married, had kids, moved to another country and changed everything I could think of about my life. Unfortunately the dark bouts of depression remained.
About four years ago I stumbled on a book called Highly Sensitive Person that absolutely blew my mind. I realized I had very intense emotions that I was culturally programmed to repress, which caused my psyche to overload and go into full apathy mode also known as depression.
I’ve been on a path to figure out how to process my emotions without repressing them and combined my personal experience with several non-mainstream techniques to build Wuju. It’s an online app that can help you tap into your hidden emotions and release them so they no longer influence your behaviour or cause depressive symptoms.
I’ve used Wuju in the last 18 months to deal with parenting two kids, surviving infidelity, losing my job, starting a business, and managing Covid-19 anxiety. I’m completely symptom free and my longest bouts of depression now last a couple of hours at most, and even that is rare.
Over 2000 other people have used the app to deal with loneliness, social media obsessions, addiction to pornography and a general sense of being overwhelmed.
What is Wuju good for?
Emotional first aid
Find relief when you need it the most, when you're feeling aweful and thoughts are racing through your head.
Getting unstuck
Find clarity when you're stuck, confused or blocked on a project or in a relationship and can't find a way through.
Healing addictions
Find strength when you're about to reach for another YouTube video, another piece of cake or another beer.
Wuju in action
This is me last January on a pretty bad morning. I woke up feeling tense and angry for no reason I could find and took a chance on recording my face as I worked through my emotions with Wuju.
It took it a while but I was eventually able to move from dense anger to a smile. And no, I’m not that good of an actor. I’m a software engineer, you know? You can see the full process of me going through these emotions in the video below, it’s about 4 minutes long.
Fear
Also anxiety, panic, restlessness and self doubt.
Anger
Also annoyance, resentment, bitterness, jealousy and disappointment.
Sadness
Also loneliness, grief, self pity, feeling like a small child and having low energy.
Shame
Also guilt, embarrassment, humiliation and self judgement.
At peace with emotions
Emotions are like any other process in our body – we breathe in and we breathe out, we eat and we shit, we drink and … well, you get the drift. Everything arises and passes and things get messy when something doesn’t follow that pattern. Unfortunately none of us have been taught that emotions arise and pass as well. Something (usually a thought) triggers an emotion, it arises and then it just stays there. My 94 year old grandmother still carries grudges from 70 years ago. She’s alive, but she is not a happy lady.
Releasing emotions is as natural as breathing out. Bad things happen if you forget to do that.
If you think your fear is keeping you safe, consider the difference between fear and actual danger. When you ride in a car, you’re doing something statistically dangerous but there’s typically very little fear involved. When you’re about to give a public speech in front of 100 people, you might be scared as hell, but your life isn’t actually in danger. Letting go of fear allows you to assess the actual risk with clarity and do something about it if necessary.
If you think your anger is hurting the person you’re angry at, think again. You’re the one carrying all that poison within you (like my grandma above) while they only experience it when (or rather if) you lash out at them. If anger is your source of motivation (like it is for many people trying to fix the world), think how much more effective you could be if it didn’t cloud your judgement.
Releasing emotions is as natural as breathing out.
Bad things happen if you forget to do that.
Unlimited trial
Wuju works extremely well for about 50% of the people and moderately well for further 25%.
I understand that you’d want to see if it works for you and try it a few times before committing for a full subscription.
You can try it as many times as you need to make a decision.
$12 / month
- Unleash unbounded productivity
- Improve tense realtionships
- Process dormant trauma
Luis Bolanos
Columbia
I used to wake up often with racing thoughts about the future and the decisions that I had ahead. All of that came mostly from the fear of failure. Using Wuju I noticed that I’ve been acting as if I was strong for way too long. After I allowed myself to feel my fear and my exhaustion several times, I felt way lighter and was ready to face the decisions I’ve been avoiding.
You are awesome!
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