Project Info
Moodify is an IOT project that leverages CMB and MBCT therapy to help people reduce rumination thinking and cure depression in the long term.
Designer
Jiaqi Liu
Committee
Mike Strobert, Adam Smith
Timeline / Year
Fall 2020 – Spring 2023
Domain
Video Streaming Service
Tool
Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effect
Background
An increasing amount of people have experienced excessive grumpiness when suffering from sleep deprivation.
Why do we get more emotional when we’re tired?
How can I relieve a person's anxiety and depression?
Research
Macro | Demographics
Micro | Individuals
I interviewed people experienced depressed or anxious from college, workplace and high school, and recorded the key finding below.
Expert study | Psychologist
Why do People immerse in negative emotions?
When people experience a negative event, they will have certain negative emotions. Most people can get out of such negative emotions soon, but some people may immersed in it for a long time.
The vicious circle of rumination
People who ruminate will think of a thing repeatedly in their mind, trying to find its solution or reason. When the situation is out of control, the person will fall into the vicious circle shown below and easily develop into depression.
How might we break this vicious cycle and effectively improve the situation in the long term?
Ideate
Design Rationale
There are two ways to improve this situation. On the one hand, interrupting rumination is a good start. On the other hand, in order to achieve long-term benefits, individuals must develop positive cognitive identification abilities. It takes both directions concurrently to assist a person in truly breaking free from a rut.
Stop the Rumination
Cutting off repetitive ruminative thinking can be a powerful way to interrupt the vicious cycle and stop the accumulation of negative moods.
Correct the Cognitive bias
Depression tendency can cause people's cognition bias on to identify positive expressions and positive situations. Correcting people's cognitive biases is key to tackling depression and anxiety at the root.
Diary therapy
Writing down the reasons for the bad mood you ruminate in your mind can help people get out of the rumination whirlpool.
Aromatherapy
Some relaxing scents such as lavender, jungle fragrance can help people fall asleep. Relieve insomnia caused by rumination.
The CBM experiment of KCL
In 2017-2018 KCL's Clinical Psychology major proposed a hypothesis that people's image cognition can counteract mental health. They asked 30 depressive-prone volunteers to do positive expression recognition training during the year. The result shows most of the testee's depression tendency has improved, and they named the method as Cognitive Bias Modification.
Design Statement
Moodify is a beacon of hope that will guide you out of the night of emotions. It assists individuals in overcoming rumination through the use of a bad mood disposer kit. Additionally, it can assist individuals in correcting their emotional cognitive biases through CBM training, allowing them to achieve a state of healthy emotional well-being.
Design Details
