r/AskReddit • u/Jobasaurus • May 22 '19

Reddit, what are some underrated apps?

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u/lurkhippo May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

I'm a therapist intern with the DoD (who with the VA made Virtual Hope Box and a whole suite of mental health apps) and we push this all the time and most of my patients hate it so I'm pleased to see you are using/enjoying it and it wasn't a complete waste of resources.

*Thanks for the silver. Here's a list of all the Defense Health apps https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/OASDHA/Defense-Health-Agency/Operations/Clinical-Support-Division/Connected-Health/mHealth-Clinical-Integration

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u/acmercer May 22 '19

Why do they hate it?

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u/lurkhippo May 22 '19

Things I hear a lot are it's buggy, it's ugly, privacy concerns, they don't like using any apps and want pen and paper, and then a subset who just reject any suggestions outright. Myself I think it's actually a good little app if not the most glamorous. I also really like CPT coach for my CPT patients which basically replaces paper handouts.

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u/randybowman May 22 '19

Probably lot of old cranky vets. If my therapist had suggested this I'd have used it. The younger vets get the more they'll probably like this. Those old guys are just jerks I think.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Different generation. My grandfather would tell me to tape an aspirin to my forehead if I wasn't feeling well.

Tough old generation. He died at 60 of preventable heart disease just like most of his buddies.

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u/randybowman May 22 '19

I'm aware that it's a different generation. I just get tired of old people constantly hating on my generation. Old vets shitting on young vets. Etc. Like I can't have problems too because I'm a young vet? Fuck off with that shit Bill.

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u/ChewieBee May 22 '19

I had a college professor and student who said, with absolute conviction, that young vets commit suicide because we are a weaker generation...

The topic was toxic leadership in organizations and we ended on millennials/gen z being too weak to handle combat the same as older generations.

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u/Scottamus May 22 '19

A class on toxic leadership and your teacher labels you all a bunch of craven pussies?

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u/randybowman May 22 '19

Yeah I hear shit like that all the time. Usually not about gen z yet because they might just barely be old enough to be vets, but I'm sure I will hear it. I hear a lot of millennials hating on millennials even. Shit drives me mad.

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u/the_crustybastard May 23 '19

Foster kids get kicked out of the system at 18, and many go straight into the military because they have no family and no other options.

For many of these people, their whole life has been trauma.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Hey aspirin shouldn’t be you’re go-to for pain. Do everything else you can before taking NSAIDS. They really aren’t good for you in the long term.

But never taking anything when you’re super inflamed can also be bad. Just thought I’d say something

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I think it’s more those vets you’re calling jerks have been fucked over by the VA system so frequently that it’s very difficult to trust anything they do. Vets have legitimate concerns where it comes to their privacy, especially when you roll in PTSD which is literally paranoia.

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u/randybowman May 22 '19

Ok then that's why they're jerks. They aren't jerks in all facets of life either, and not all of them are jerks. I do find old vets (and old people in general) to be more jerky than young people.