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A performance anxiety app for the 48 hours before it matters

The 48 hours before a high-stakes event are their own kind of hard. Mendly tracks performance anxiety thoughts on iPhone with one tap — before the presentation, the audition, the review, the first day. Hourly patterns show how early the spiral starts and how it shifts as the event approaches. No reframing, no breathing exercises. Just a record of the lead-up.

The research

The Yerkes-Dodson law describes performance anxiety's central paradox: some arousal improves performance, but past a threshold it collapses it — and that threshold is different for everyone. Mendly's hourly data across multiple events is what makes your personal threshold visible instead of theoretical.

— Yerkes and Dodson, 1908

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Quiz

What's your performance anxiety's pattern?

Question 1 of 4

When does performance anxiety start building?

“The goal was never to arrive at zero anxiety before a big moment. The goal is knowing your own threshold — because some performance anxiety is fuel, and only more than that is the problem.”

Features

Hourly patterns

See when your inner critic is loudest. Morning spirals? Late-night overthinking? Your data, your story.

Milestone badges

16 badges that celebrate your awareness, not your perfection. First Catch, Streaks, Early Bird, Voice Found — each one earned.

Weekly reports

A gentle summary of your week. Not a grade — just a window into your patterns.

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Apps like MindLift walk you through reframing performance anxiety thoughts — a useful approach with the right headspace. In the 48 hours before a high-stakes event, that's one more cognitive demand. Mendly logs the thought without asking you to process it until you're ready.

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Common questions

What if my performance anxiety is about a one-time event, not a recurring situation?
Log it anyway. Even a single pre-event window produces useful data about how far in advance the anxiety starts, when it peaks, and how it shifts as the event approaches. That map is worth having even if the situation only happens once.
Is this a CBT app?
No. There are no thought records, no exposure hierarchies, no reframing exercises. Mendly is a logging tool that shows you patterns. If you want structured CBT support for performance anxiety, a therapist would be more appropriate alongside the tracking.
How is this different from a journaling app?
A journal entry before a high-stakes event often amplifies the anxiety by giving it space. Mendly's single tap marks the thought without expanding it — the goal is to note that it's happening, not to process it in the moment.
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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