askr: Question Away Stress

If you often feel like this:
"When a message goes unanswered, I replay every word and wonder if I said something wrong."
"I’m afraid to choose, because every option feels like losing another possibility."
"Someone makes a casual joke, but I keep thinking about it for a long time."
"I feel like such a failure..."

askr is an AI mental coaching app.
It does not rush to give you a standard answer. Instead, it uses rounds of Socratic questioning to help you slowly unpack vague anxiety, indecision, and pressure.

When the question becomes clearer, a little sense of control can return.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES
- Socratic questioning: In CBT, Socratic questioning is often used to help people re-examine their thoughts. askr borrows from this approach. It does not decide for you; it asks more precise questions to help you see, "What am I really worried about?"
- Cognitive reappraisal: Inspired by James Gross’s research on emotion regulation, askr helps turn vague anxiety into specific questions you can think through.
- Writing brings clarity: James Pennebaker’s research on expressive writing points to a simple idea: organizing inner experience into language can help people sort through their feelings.
- Slower thinking: Anxiety can push you into your first reaction. askr’s pace creates room to slow down.
- Small-step clarification: Cognitive load theory reminds us that stress makes it hard to process too much at once. askr breaks overthinking into smaller parts.
- Save key insights: Truth Backpack and Cognitive Cards help you save sentences that matter, so you can review them later.

HOW TO USE
- Write down what is bothering you right now. It can be short, such as "I can’t sleep lately," "I don’t know whether to quit my job," or "I’m afraid of disappointing people."
- askr analyzes your concern, then asks several key questions.
- Answer any question, or skip parts you are not ready to answer.
- Tap "Keep Questioning Me" to explore further, or "Give Me Suggestions" when you want a practical next direction.
- Long-press or select important text to save it to Truth Backpack and Cognitive Cards.
- Use Review to revisit your history and cards.

USE CASES
- Focus: before exams, essays, plans, or interviews, clarify "What if I mess this up?" and bring attention back to the task.
- Learning: when reading, memorizing, studying a language, or learning a skill, break "I can’t get into it" into smaller problems.
- Sleep: when bedtime comes but you still want to scroll, overthink, or resist ending the day, see what you are holding onto.
- Movement and habits: before running, walking, tidying up, eating on time, sleeping earlier, or procrastinating less, turn "I always fail" into clearer triggers and next steps.
- Work and growth: around reporting, communication, job changes, transitions, or promotion pressure, clarify risks, expectations, and boundaries.
- Relationships: before communicating, refusing, explaining yourself, or guessing what others think, clarify feelings, needs, and limits.
- Self-review: revisit the moment that drained you most, and record one thing you handled better.

FEATURES
- Socratic follow-up questions: go deeper step by step, so the problem becomes clearer.
- Suggestions: when there is enough context, askr gives focused suggestions.
- Personal Profile: add your background, personality tendencies, values, and communication preferences, so askr can ask closer to your real situation.
- Truth Backpack + Cognitive Cards: save sentences and insights that matter to you.

IMPORTANT
askr provides an AI-assisted mental coaching and self-reflection experience.
It is not a medical service. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment, or crisis intervention, and it cannot replace professional counseling or medical help.

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