No matter what the visuals are, the key is that Prana takes the responsibility for breathing regulation. Of course, these UI elements are all subject to change as Prana is still in development. Within the app are both a scientific-looking clinical mode that lays out the data in graph form and, for us ordinary folk, the most chilled out take on Flappy Bird you've ever seen.īreathing in and out controls a bird, moving it up and down to collect flowers, to the tune of a classic chill-out piano track. It consists of a 4 second inhalation, 7 second breath retention and 8 second slow, steady exhalation and can "curb anxiety attacks in as little as three minutes." Prana's app guides you through it.Īs with most wearables, the Prana belt sensor communicates with a smartphone app over Bluetooth. This is a pretty well-recognised breathing technique for combating general stress and anxiety. "One of his top, most effective interventions was getting them to do the 4-7-8 pattern." Paul Abramson, used to be an emergency room doctor, and would see quite a few patients coming in thinking they were having heart attacks, when in fact they were experiencing a panic attack," he said. These are such general 'good' lifestyle metrics that you might initially assume it has little relevance for panic attacks, and sure enough the Prana blurb talks more about its Yogic roots and COPD (a family of breathing disorders including emphysema) than any anxiety-related condition.īut Andre Persidsky, Prana's senior product manager, says tackling panic attacks is absolutely part of the thinking behind the device. In the app is the most chilled out take of Flappy Bird you've ever seen It calls itself the "world's most advanced breath and posture tracker". It's a $150 sensor that clips onto your belt, measuring both your breathing and your posture. "Relaxation techniques like breathing exercises can help you to manage anxiety and feel calmer," says Mind's Rachel Boyd. Two of the most common, immediate ways to deal with panic attack symptoms include exercise and measured breathing. They can be borderline violent dislocations of the mind, as if your drink has been drugged by a stranger. It seems almost comical now, but it certainly wasn't at the time. Absolutely fine one minute, completely detached from any sense of rationality the next. I spent a Christmas Day quietly unravelling in my parents' spare bedroom, panic attacks arriving like clockwork every 40 minutes as the rest of the family opened presents downstairs. I had my own brush with panic attacks a few years ago. Most panic attacks last for between 5 and 20 minutes and can be very distressing." "They can make people afraid that they are going mad, blacking out, or having a heart attack. "For some people, panic attacks can feel as though they come out of nowhere," Rachel Boyd, information manager at Mind, told us. They're different to a general feeling of anxiety. To get our heads around how they work, we first need to understand how panic attacks operate. Stigmas are slowly diminishing, though, and tech already offers ways to deal with episodes via apps, such as the CBT-via-iPhone MoodGym, and Flowy, a game which regulates your breathing: a key part of dealing with a panic attack. So if you haven't had one yourself, you probably know someone who has. According to the NHS, at least one in 10 British people experiences occasional panic attacks. They are also more common than you might think. They can make you feel like you're going to die, like you're having a heart attack, as if you're losing your mind. I couldn't call 911 because of a bad feeling.' We designed Revolar to end the stigma around asking for help.Panic attacks suck.
"We interviewed hundreds of survivors and what we heard again and again was, 'I knew something was wrong, but I felt paralysed. "We created Revolar to revolutionise the way you protect yourself and the ones you love," says co-founder and CEO Jacqueline Ros. And if you want to keep a tab on the most basic fitness metric, the Instinct can also track your steps. Read this: The challenges of making a personal safety wearableĪ wearer can also choose up to five contacts and customise specific alerts, with the Ring Me feature also letting a user click the Instinct button to call their own phone and excuse themselves from uncomfortable situations. Users can check in with one click, signal a Yellow Alert asking for back-up with two clicks and warn of a Red Alert emergency with three clicks.
The Revolar Instinct is able to connect to your smartphone in order to provide real time GPS, with clicks of the button allowing a wearer to contact family and friends.
Colorado startup Revolar is back with its second generation safety wearable offering its clip-on device through crowdfunding site Indiegogo.
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