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An emotional reasoning tracker for the feeling that insists it's a fact

"I feel it, so it must be true" doesn't announce itself as a leap — it feels like the most obvious thing in the room. Mendly marks that moment with one tap, no argument required. Over time, the hourly pattern view shows when the feeling-as-fact move happens most, which is the part self-awareness alone rarely reveals.

The research

David Burns named emotional reasoning as one of ten cognitive distortions, defining it as assuming a negative emotion necessarily reflects reality — 'I feel it, therefore it must be true.' Mendly's tap-to-log is built for the instant that assumption fires, before it's had time to reason its way into a conclusion.

— David Burns, Feeling Good, 1980

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Quiz

What's your emotional-reasoning pattern?

Question 1 of 4

When do you notice a feeling being treated as fact?

“The feeling was never the problem. The promotion — treating 'I feel this' as equivalent to 'this is true' — is the actual move, and it happens fast enough that noticing it after the fact is a different skill than knowing the concept exists.”

Features

One-tap logging

One tap marks the thought — no typing, no prompts. The friction is so low it actually works mid-meeting, mid-walk, mid-spiral.

Voice notes

15 seconds to say what was actually going through your head. Optional, private, and yours.

Shareable cards

Daily summary cards designed for Stories. Share a win without oversharing.

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Apps like MindLift ask you to rate how strongly you believe the feeling-based conclusion as you log it. If you already understand emotional reasoning conceptually, a belief-rating scale mostly restates what you know. Mendly logs the moment and lets the pattern data do the arguing later.

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Common questions

Doesn't logging this dismiss the feeling itself?
No — Mendly doesn't ask you to judge whether the feeling was valid, only to mark when it got treated as a fact about the world. The feeling can be completely real and worth attending to while the conclusion drawn from it is still worth tracking separately.
Is this a CBT app?
No. There's no belief-rating worksheet or thought record. Mendly logs when the pattern occurs and shows you the timing — useful alongside CBT work, not a replacement for it.
How is this different from a mood tracker?
A mood tracker logs how you felt. Mendly logs a more specific moment: when a feeling got converted into a conclusion about a situation or yourself. That's a narrower, more actionable pattern than mood alone.
What does the free trial include?
The full app, no restrictions, for 7 days. After 7 days you choose monthly ($7.99) or annual ($59.99, about $5/month). Cancel anytime via your Apple subscriptions — no emails required.
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