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by mindsetalex 9y ago
No worries Bill, I understand that hypnosis has a lot of negative perceptions and stigma surrounding it and that it will require strong scientific evidence to fully become mainstream and accepted.
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Was just talking about my own personal experience as founder and daily user, in the vein of an experience review as one user requested in another comment. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/hypnosis-for-ptsd-ev...
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
If anyone is interested in an Android version of Mindset feel free to join the waiting list and we'll give you early access when it becomes available :) http://www.themindsetapp.com/android
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Thanks for doing that and for letting me know!
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Subscription model reflects the ongoing and increasing value that the app provides. If Netflix only had x amounts of movies and you could only watch it once then a subscription model wouldn't make sense. Mindset is designed to be used
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
It's extremely difficult to account for those effects in a one-man-study, but the science has shown that it definitely causes distinct neural changes in the brain: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016&#
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Thanks for checking it out! An offline option is definitely something we will be implementing in the future, hope to see you back when we do. Sorry, it crashed! We're working on a bug fix atm so hopefully it won't keep happening,
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
We take inspiration with what Headspace did for meditation: make it accessible and mainstream. That being said although Hypnosis and meditation do share some similarities, they are actually distinct neural states and do massively different
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Have you got it to work? The issue was a broken link on the website.
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
I've been tracking my time regarding accomplishing tasks/procrastinating and have noticed a definite shift. Additionally, I have done two presentations and my performance was commented on by my colleagues as a lot more confident a
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Hypnosis and meditation do share some similarities but are actually distinct neural states. We think of meditation as cardio for the mind, improving your overall mental health and well-being through mindfulness. Hypnosis is more like streng
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Sorry what do you mean release a full version? This is a full version on one platform. Its important to validate that you're solving a real need and since we only know how to code iOS apps it made sense to focus on it first. Native app
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
We've had ~20 ratings but maybe 6 written reviews who have all had a great experience with it. From email correspondence with our users they are experiencing improvements in the topics they've focused on. Regarding side effects, t
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Sweet as, let me know if you have any questions/feedback!
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
We're using Firebase for our back end which requires either an email or phone number for the user. However, if you want to be sly you could just put in another username in there and it should/could still work (don't hold me o
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Mindset is more like a digital smart drug not a mental virus hahaha
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
I was skeptical before as well! I first came across its legitimacy in the 'Science Vs.' podcast ep on hypnosis. On our site we've compiled some of the latest research into hypnosis and it's effectiveness. http:/&#x
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Thanks, we would appreciate any feedback you have. Yeah we wanted to give people a chance to experience hypnosis first hand before making them commit to signing up. Sorry you feel that way, we believe having user accounts is integral for su
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
@dang would it be possible to change the link to our app store link? Clearly the websites copy is lacking. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindset-simple-hypnosis/id13... . Thanks
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Cheers for the feedback. We'll definitely add explanations along those lines to the website. The site clearly needs to be improved but the in app explanation is a lot clearer in how it works etc.
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
I'll change that if possible to make it easier. Is there a way to change the link? What sort of information would you think would help explain it better? Cheers
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Heres our PH page: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mindset-3 . We're actually Australian devs so a lot of our reviews are in the Australian store. We have ~20 reviews across the different stores.
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Show HN: Mindset – Self-Improvement Hypnosis(itunes.apple.com)
101 points by mindsetalex 9y ago|87 comments
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Show HN: Mindset – Upgrade your mind with a hypnosis app(themindsetapp.com)
1 points by mindsetalex 9y ago|0 comments
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by mindsetalex 9y ago
Ripppp I just put up a new site and Google is saying that it took 6 round trips and 4.1mb to fully render.... http://www.themindsetapp.com . It's just a wordpress site atm, any tips to reduce it?