“Are we becoming the Borg?”

I am currently using the Watch OS 10 and iOS 17 Developer Beta. We are now able to test the new Apple Health integration, “State of Mind,” intended to help you track your mood throughout the day. In today’s podcast episode, I share my reaction after a month of sharing my mood with Apple. I challenge myself and listeners to consider the integration of Apple into our emotional lives and explore the implications.

FMP 88 – Apple’s State of Mind App

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   • A discussion on mood tracking and Apple’s integration of recording mood day-to-day.
     
   • Is it helpful or at root problematic?
     
   
   
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State of Mind App

1. On Apple Watch 10 and IOS17
   
   • I have been on Developers Beta version.
     
   
   
2. How it works:
   
   • Prompted to record your mood.
     
   • From Very Unpleasant to Pleasant
     
   • Depending on your State of Mind, you will get suggestions to do a breathing exercise, etc.
     
   
   
3. The Problem:
   
   • Logging mood without a clinical context creates a hyper focus on mood.
     
     • It is normal for our mood to fluctuate during the day and day-to-day.
       
     
     
   • Just like panic, and the hyper focus on physiologic symptoms, focusing on mood intently only causes worry over normal fluctuations.
     
   • The app encourages you to buy deeper into the Apple ecosystem.
     
   
   
4. When Mood Tracking Make Sense:
   
   • To differentiate various mood disorders.
     
   • To monitor lifestyle changes impact on mood.
     
   • To monitor medication impact on mood.
     
   • When you are seeing a clinician.
     
   
   
5. Closing remarks:
   
   • We are inundated with data. Some is helpful, some is altering the human experiences profoundly.
     
   
   

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