Real: Mental Health 17+

I love Real and find it very helpful to be able to digest bits and pieces whenever I want- much easier to integrate into my routine! I’ve learned a lot from using Real in ways that therapy couldn’t help me. The only issue I have is that when I try to listen to prior sessions in a pathway, the app will close out the session randomly (or when my phone screen dims after several minutes of not touching it) and bring me into the session I’m up to date with. Not a big issue but slightly annoying.

Wow - we're blushing! Thank you so much for sharing - we're honored to be a part of your mental health journey. Really sorry to hear that you've been experiencing some issues with Pathway audio. This bug should have been solved. You'll just need to update your app, close it out and reopen! Shoot us an email at membersupport@join-real.com if you're still encountering any trouble.

I absolutely loved Real and it stood out to me from other apps, because it had long sessions that were better than therapy, to me. All other apps had the short clips to listen to that felt like someone was just trying to temporarily make me “feel better”, rather than helping me understand and change. The old Real actually made me understand my emotions, anxiety, and how to manage them. The reflections and challenges helped me incorporate that understanding into my days and my life. Now, it sounds more like motivational speeches or hearing someone say “you can do it!”, when you are sitting there wanting to know HOW. There is no way that Real took all that valuable information, reflections, and challenges… and just trashed them. I wanted to go back and do the Communication pathway, with my boyfriend this time, and I knew it would help us work on that aspect. Now, I don’t even know where to begin to help our communication. I will unfortunately be deleting my subscription and I hope that the old Real will return.

Hi there, we truly appreciate your note and insightful feedback. We also want to apologize for any confusion you experienced with this the change. We sent out comms that we would be changing our app, but we understand how things can go to spam and we apologize for any confusion or stress here! Though we are sad to see you go, we are super grateful to learn from your experience and we are bringing your feedback into our internal convos so we can keep them in mind in our ongoing conversations. We would also like add an extra month to your remaining time to give you an opportunity to give us a try, if you'd like :) Please reach out to us at hi@join-real.com so we can get this free month added to your account.

I was listening to my pathway while driving to work yesterday and Real suddenly clicked. I kept rewinding a session to think about what my therapist was telling me and then I would go back to my reflection to think about the question and I was getting MYSELF to really work through early messaging I received as a kid . . . and I thought “ok wait am I forming a relationship with my therapist or am I forming a relationship with myself?” And then it CLICKED. Of courseeeee! It seems so obvious now - I’m supposed to form a relationship with MYSELF. I’m the one living my life, I need to understand myself, I need to support myself, only I can catch myself in the moment and move myself forward. I LOVE REAL. Let’s go mental health!!!!!!! Changed my life!

Wow, this is so incredible to hear! We couldn't be more honored to play a part in your journey towards forming a relationship with yourself. Thank you SO much for sharing!