Daria Riahuzova

Still Space is the thing that actually helps me keep going

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Hey Product Hunt πŸ‘‹
I built Still Space because every mental health app I tried expected me to meditate when I could barely get out of bed.

10 months unemployed. Anxiety and depression. My therapist suggested to-do lists. They made things worse, every unchecked item felt like proof I was failing.

So I did the opposite. Instead of planning what to do, I started noticing what I'd already done. Replied to a message. Drank water. Got dressed. Tiny things, but writing them down changed something real. I found out later this is called behavioral activation. I didn't read about it. I stumbled into it because nothing else worked.

Something shifted. I found out later this is called behavioral activation β€” an evidence-based approach for depression. I hadn't read about it. I just stumbled into it because nothing else was working.

I looked for an app that worked this way. Nothing existed. So I built one. I'm a Senior Product Designer from Ukraine, no coding experience. I used AI tools and figured it out as I went.

Here's what Still Space does:
βœ“ Mood check-in that doesn't pretend you're fine
βœ“ Micro-actions matched to your mood AND where you are β€” at home, outside, at work
βœ“ "Just be here" mode β€” calming sounds and presence for when you can't do anything at all
βœ“ A place to write everything out β€” text disappears, no saving
βœ“ Journal with mood history, patterns, and notes to your future self
βœ“ Crisis helplines built in
βœ“ Fully private β€” no data leaves your device
βœ“ Ukrainian, English, Russian

βœ— No streaks
βœ— No guilt
βœ— No toxic positivity

It's not another meditation app. It's the app you needed at 3am when you couldn't sleep and couldn't think straight. It's iOS only for now. There's a 7-day free trial.

If you've been through something similar, I'd love to hear what helped and what didn't. And if you know someone who might need this right now β€” sharing it means everything. Every single person who finds it matters.

Thank you for being here πŸ’œ

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