Clear Fear

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About this app

Clear Fear provides you with a range of ways to manage anxiety.

Developed by a clinician co-collaboratively with young people, Clear Fear uses a Cognitive Behavioural framework to help you change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses.

It also has helpful descriptions of the different ways in which anxiety shows, resources and a grit box to boost resilience.

It is recommended for the ages of 11-19 years but can be used by a younger group with the support of a parent or carer.

Clear Fear compliments, but does not substitute for the assessment and ongoing support of a mental health.

Ratings and reviews

I really like the app but it is hard to find things in the menus. An example is anxiety types and info are separate and safety net, immediate help buttons should have been together under the clear fear button instead of goal setting. Menus could be simple like goals, inspiration, relax, information and a button to clear anxiety rather than repeating the same safety net and other activities within multiple menus. Also there is no Cbt.

It's a great app, but when you use Worry Warriors/Worry Box/Worry Ladder, you can't delete the automatically added "positive thoughts" from your positive thoughts tab. Sometimes triggering statements from the Worry Box pop up and there's no way get rid of them. Even if you don't tap "let warrior win" it'll still log whatever you wrote as a positive thought. I find myself having to be extremely careful of what I write in these sections or else it'll forever be in the app.

This app actually does have the potential to be helpful, and has many resources and strategies to choose from. But for whatever reason, on my phone at least, every time I open the app, it forces me to enter all of the setup information again (Country, PIN, Safety Net, et cetera). For an app that's supposed to help people who are dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, this lack of accessibility/immediate readiness is a huge flaw (My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A8)