Dealing with Depression

Name: Dealing with Depression
Rating: 3.6060605 (246 reviews)
Author: Fatbelly

By: Fatbelly

Dealing with Depression is for those who have been coping with depressed mood.

This app was removed from Google Play Store on 2025-12-04

Features & Capabilities

Dealing with Depression is a supportive Chrome extension designed for individuals coping with long-lasting depressed moods. It offers a simple, empirically-based self-assessment using the PHQ-9 questionnaire to help users evaluate the severity of their depression. Beyond evaluation, the extension provides practical self-help techniques including mood-enhancing food suggestions, wellness journaling, and tips for getting adequate sleep during depressive episodes.

While not a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment, this extension guides users through understanding depression, managing stress, and applying self-care behaviors to improve mood and function. It's suitable for users of various ages seeking to better understand their mental health and take steps towards recovery. By combining educational resources with interactive tools, the extension empowers users to recognize depression symptoms, seek appropriate care, and foster hope for recovery.

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Version:

1.2.8 Last updated: 2024-02-28

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Creation date:

2019-07-15

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID Moderate risk
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
com.fatbelly.dealingwithdepression.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

16.55MB

Email:

ja*****@gmail.com

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Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-12-04

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Developed by:

Fatbelly

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fatbelly.dealingwithdepression

Email:

ja*****@gmail.com

User Reviews

Users find 'Dealing with Depression' to be an effective, easy-to-use self-help app offering practical exercises and encouragement, helping many manage their depression better than medication or therapy alone. While warmly designed and free, it mainly targets teens which can limit relevance for adults, and some users noted intrusive ads and a casual writing style. Overall, it is praised as a valuable, straightforward tool for improving mental health through positive routines and thought changes.

Pros

App provides practical and effective tools to manage and improve depressive symptoms.
The content is straightforward, easy to read, and accessible for a wide audience including teens and adults.
Includes a variety of exercises and self-care activities that promote positive thinking and mental health recovery.
The app’s design is simple, warm, and encouraging, making it user-friendly without being overwhelming.
It is free and highly recommended by users who have experienced positive results, sometimes better than medication or therapy.

Cons

The app is primarily focused on teens, which may make some content unrelatable for adults and is not clearly advertised.
Contains some advertisements that users find intrusive or silly during use.
The writing style is very colloquial, which may not appeal to everyone.

Recent reviews

It's a great app, very helpful information and guidance, but focuses on Teens more than anything, which is not advertised, so much of it can be unrelatable for anyone over the age of 18.

Ha*****, 2022-03-27

As someone who has survived severe suicidal depression, I can tell you from my own experience that this app works to change negative depressive thought patterns. This app is straightforward in its approach, enabling you to learn skills that will serve you well in your mental health recovery.