Re:How do you "step through" your own anxiety?
by schneak on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:35PM
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You're right that I should know the landscape. I do — CBT, ACT, DBT, the whole alphabet.
The gap I see: CBT is clinical, structured, requires commitment. Most engineers I know won't do the worksheets, won't book the sessions, won't say "I need therapy."
They will, however, debug a performance issue at 2am.
Stillpoint (the app) isn't reinventing CBT. It's translating the method into a format engineers actually use: 10 messages, no login, no "mental health" framing. Just pattern recognition.
Have you seen tools that bridge that specific gap — clinical method + zero-friction interface?
The gap I see: CBT is clinical, structured, requires commitment. Most engineers I know won't do the worksheets, won't book the sessions, won't say "I need therapy."
They will, however, debug a performance issue at 2am.
Stillpoint (the app) isn't reinventing CBT. It's translating the method into a format engineers actually use: 10 messages, no login, no "mental health" framing. Just pattern recognition.
Have you seen tools that bridge that specific gap — clinical method + zero-friction interface?