YR PHONE SAYS YR DEPRESSED ABOUT THE WAR, SON

[defrog]

Want to know if armed combat is depressing the hell out of you?

There’s an app for that: the T2 MoodTracker (for Android phones).

The app wasn’t developed specifically for soldiers in war zones, but the Pentagon has been promoting it.

Here’s how it works:

The gadget lets the user evaluate his or her mood on a regular basis via a series of slideable pointer charts. The "head injury" panel allows you to check your emotional state across a range of polarities, among them "confused" to "alert," "forgetful" to "sharp," "headache" to "no headache," and "impulsive" to "thoughtful."

Similar sliding panels evaluate "general well being," "anxiety," "depression," and "post traumatic stress." After you've input your feelings in any category over a range of days, the app serves up a line graph chart on your progress.

It also offers random “health tips.” Like so:

Health Tip: One source of anger is fear. The next time you get angry, ask yourself what made you afraid. If you work on the fear, the anger will get better.

Health Tip: Try to avoid words like 'should,' 'shouldn't,' 'must,' 'ought,' 'always,' 'have to,' or 'need to.' Statements including these words tend to increase anger.

File under: "There, I fixed it."

Don’t look back in anger,

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