It's not rocket science.

But it is science. That's why we've worked with mental health and life coach professionals to bring you a self-help tool packed with clinically backed techniques proven to improve mental health and wellbeing.

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The science behind melly

Reducing depression, anxiety and stress

Various studies have shown that journaling can help to reduce levels of depression, anxiety and stress with some studies showing that journaling can be as effective as CBT therapy. Expressing stressful situations and negative thoughts via journaling allows you to process these events in healthier ways, providing a wealth of mental health related benefits.

Improvements in physical health and immunity

You might have heard phrases like "mind-body connection" before; the idea that thoughts and feelings can affect our bodily functions. Well, studies have shown journaling and expressive writing has been shown to improve physical health. Participants in various studies reported less sick days, fewer visits to the doctor, as well as objectively assessed improvements to their immune system function, lung and liver function and reduced blood pressure.

Improvements in memory

By capturing daily events in your journal you're quite literally putting your brain to work. Think of it as a simple form of brain training. Journaling creates narratives which aids in cognitive processing. While the process of writing enhances the brains ability to retain and retrieve information, boosting long-term memory function.

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

While we aren't a replacement for CBT guided by a mental health professional, melly uses a range of CBT techniques in our guided exercises. CBT is clinically recognized as one of the most successful therapeutic approaches to mental health, with applications from general stress to anxiety to depression and more.

References

Stice, Burton, Bearman and Rohde: National Library of Medicine. Randomized trial of a brief depression prevention program (2007)

Karen A. Baikie and Kay Wilhem: Cambridge University Press. Emotional and physicial health benefits of expressive writing (2018)

Judy Willis: Edutopia. The Brain-Based Benefits of Writing (2011)

Hoffman, Asnaani, Vonk, Sawyer & Fang. National Library of Medicine. The Efficacy of CBT: A Review of Meta-analyses (2012)