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Log it when
it hits

one tap now, the rest later, or never

In the middle of an attack nobody wants a form. AnxietyMe asks for one tap: Tap now saves the moment and lets you go. When it has passed, if you feel like it, you add what happened in your body and your mind, how strong it was, and what helped. Everything after the tap is optional, and nothing is ever behind a paywall.

why log each attack?

Electronic diaries every 3 hours for a week, in 26 people with panic disorder, picked up swings in bodily anxiety that a questionnaire after the fact would miss.

Pfaltz et al., J Anxiety Disord 2010

One tap, and then whatever you want

The full log is a guided entry: Timing, Paint the picture, Symptoms, Severity, early signs, Triggers, Medicines, Reliefs, Locations, Activities, Afterwards, Missed activities, Notes and Review. Every page after the first can be skipped, and the pencil on the log lets you hide or reorder them for good. Quick Log on the Log tab is the short road: one tap for an attack, a trigger, an early sign, a medicine or a relief, with the time set to now.

An attack with nothing but a time counts for every statistic in the app. The rest is detail you add when you feel like it, including later from the Journal.

Severity, and what came afterwards

Severity is a 1 to 10 slider from Mild to Severe, and you can add a second reading if it changed during the attack. There is no body map, because an attack is not in one place. Afterwards is its own page: drained or exhausted, shaky afterwards, headache afterwards, embarrassed or ashamed, relieved, foggy, on edge for hours, tearful. Each is one tap and all of it is optional.

Tell it in your own words

Paint the picture is the second page of the full log. Type or speak freely and the app picks out the symptoms, triggers, medicines and reliefs it recognises, and the severity if you mention one, for you to keep or remove. With Premium the AI reads the whole description; without it, the app matches the words it knows. The microphone is optional; without it you type.

Frightening, not dangerous

The app says it in its own copy and we say it here: the symptoms of a panic attack are frightening but not dangerous, and attacks peak within minutes. Chest pain that does not settle, fainting, an attack that is still going after an hour, or thoughts of harming yourself are different, and need urgent help now. If you tick any of these during setup, the app says so plainly.

Where it lives in the app

Log Attack sits at the top of the Log tab and opens the guided entry: Timing with Tap now, Paint the picture, Symptoms, Severity, early signs, Triggers, Medicines, Reliefs, Locations, Activities, Afterwards, Missed activities, Notes, then Review. Under it on the Log tab, Quick Log holds one-tap attack, trigger, early sign, medicine and relief tiles, and the Daily Check-In. The pencil on the log lets you hide or reorder its pages. Past attacks are in the Journal, where you can edit the time or add an end time.

What it needs from you

A tap when it hits. Every other page is optional, and the app never reminds you unless you switch a notification on. Logging happens on the phone, as there is no watch app. A late entry lands on the time you give it. Voice is optional; with Premium the AI reads your own words, without it the app matches the words it knows.

Questions

Can I log from my watch?

No. There is no AnxietyMe watch app, so logging happens on the phone. Apple Watch data still comes in through Apple Health, and Garmin, Oura, Polar and WHOOP connect directly.

What if I log it later?

Change the time in the Journal. The statistics work on the time of the attack, not on when you typed it, so a late entry lands on the right day.

Is logging free?

Yes, all of it: the one-tap attack, the full log, Quick Log, voice and the Journal. Premium is the analysis layer, never the log.

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