The Mighty

I love this app SO much. It provides such a safe place to just be yourself, and express your pain. At first I assumed it was for people with depression, anxiety, and just things like that, but they have things that I have never even heard of! They even have chats and stuff for people with Lyme disease. The only thing is, I have an iPad, and this app doesn’t go to landscape. And, even when vertical (which is always), it won’t let you see the full paragraph of peoples reply’s and such. There is no ‘read more’ button or anything like that. You can constantly tap, swipe, or hold, but no matter what I do it won’t let me see things like peoples replies in posts. I don’t know if people have the same problem on a phone, but using this app on an iPad can be a little bit frustrating at times. Besides that, this is such a great app and I highly suggest downloading it. I doubt that the creators will ever see this, but if they are, I can not express my gratitude enough for giving people going through depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc.. a safe place to be expressive and be able to ask for help and/or advice. Oh! I am also receiving notifications outside the app, but when I do later go on the app those notifications won’t be in my notifications.

I love this app for all the reasons other people have mentioned: The support, the ability to vent, the resources and community. I’ve never written a review before but I really care about this and the app does have some problems. The buttons can be really buggy, and I wish there was an option to message people directly (with an option to not allow people to message you). I think people would really benefit from one-on-one contact. You can’t block people either in any obvious way, not that anyone needs to be blocked that I’ve encountered, but that’s an important feature. I can’t see who’s following me either. If I switch from desktop to the app, it doesn’t load any changes quickly. Hashtags are a pain to add on desktop. None of these things stop it from being an enjoyable app, it’s just a bumpy ride. Lots of love.

I can go on The Almighty site and say what ever is on my mind and there is no one to judge, but you find so many people who feel exactly like you and your not alone. Well we are never alone I do believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and I pray a lot but as my mama says “this world is the devils playground and it’s rotten to the core but one day I will not have to suffer anymore “ but she certainly doesn’t want me to go before her she calls the natural order of things that parents should never have to bury their children. Anyway the site is like therapy for me I have really felt better since this site and I had never posted anything on line before that’s how comfortable you feel Amber

Thank you to the sponsors, editors and - it goes without saying - to the courageous members of The Mighty for sharing, caring, baring their souls and - most importantly - baring their souls by telling their stories here day in and day out . . . though, if many are like me, I would be willing to wager a box of favorite herbal tea or maybe essential oil . . . dare I throw in a diffuser??? . . . that a significant portion of writing/posting is done in the wee hours - say between 1:00 am and 5:00 am when we Outliers are unable to sleep! The only issue I have at the moment is a technical glitch: I have wanted to update my story in my Personal Info section and twice it has timed out and I have lost the entire update! I think I need to do it in pages and then paste it in. I would love to become a contributor. But until my story is "current". If would be fruitless. I also could find no tech support. I do not have a working computer at the moment - just an iPhone. Thank you so much for this wonder community, app and site for education, camaraderie, networking, creative expression, and even kvetching!

I love the mighty and I’m so grateful that there is an app where we can all come together and support one another now. Unfortunately the app is difficult to use at least for me. I am blind and I use a screen reader on my iPhone called voice over, the screen reader allows me to hear what is on the screen under my fingertips and it is very leggy with this app. I also have cerebral palsy which makes it hard for me to type using the on screen keyboard so I dictate a lot. These two disabilities combined with the added lag Challenge of the app makes it extremely hard to participate in conversations with others and/or respond to comments, post thoughts, etc. i’m not really sure why the app behave this way, but I hope it improves over time.