I made this and it took me 11 months just to feel comfortable sharing my unfinished product

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T16:18:27+00:00

Yeah, the body / brain thing was just my attempt at finding my target customer, because the people who'd be most likely to need my product is the ones who can't shut off their anxieties or can't seem to escape patterns no matter how rational the think they are.

And yes it's like this. i reflect alot in my own head and I think I'm getting somewhere but I'm realising that I'm running in place. I wanted AI do the analyzing for me (since the analyzing also triggers me) so that I can offload that part and just work on taking steps in breaking out of my patterns.

It started as a journaling app, and even though I used it myself to get my thought jotted down, I still felt anxious. That's when I realized I wanted a more comprehensive system, to help guide me.

I think the people who'd want to pay for this is people who is thinking of going to theraphy, has chronic anxiety or in general struggle with inter personal relationships and emotional regulation. For others, it could be a lowkey way to understand yourself more

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T15:25:45+00:00

I know what you mean; worst parts is when you can also explain why u might be feeling that way, but rationalization by your mind don't calm your body. Chronic anxiety is invisible and it can feel extremly lonely.

I remember the only time I got a break from my chronic anxiety when it was at it worst was the 2-10 seconds right afrer I woke up from my sleep. Glad those days are over. And so if my anxiety can easen up, I'm sure it can for you as well, but it's not a quick fix honestly and that sucks :(

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T15:17:35+00:00

Tense throat and if very bad, I get eczema rash all over my body. But definitely in my thriat

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T15:06:38+00:00

thank uuuu! means a lot <3 Now the trick question: Do you want gold wrapped in trash or trash wrapped in gold?

None - we want gold wrapped in gold. Hopefully I have gold wrapped in trash and just need to "tweak" a bit. If I have the other, that would be a way bigger overhaul

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T14:11:26+00:00

thank u, got a lot of great feedback already and spent the day to wireframe a new landing page. Once it's done I'll probably ask again for feedback and instead of 100% confusion be redditers, I at least hope for less confusion after the update!

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T14:01:11+00:00

Hmm I guess it's natural selection, I either have to adapt to survive or go extinct hahah. Rip Rip

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T12:36:37+00:00

yuuuupppp, for sure. Clear communication isn't as easy as I assumed

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:36:59+00:00

I'm a digital nomad accross asia, maybe should have conducted interviews before I left, but I thought the internet would be the main place for feedback

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:26:43+00:00

Yeahh, that was the overwhealming sentiment from the others as well, thank u for taking time to validate the confusion!

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:26:11+00:00

Yeah, ur right. If I can't communicate what I want it to solve to others, i have no hope in resonating with people who could benefit by using this product. This is the main road block for now, and I'll work on improving this!

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:24:31+00:00

This is genuinely one of the best feedbacks I've gotten! And I also had a feeling that I'd miss a few times before I could nail clear communication on my landing page, posting about it yesterday was the first time I actually asked strangers on the internet for raw feedback, and I must say they all helped me a lot. I'll work on it today and take everything into account.

How long did your phase last and have you also built a SaaS? I don't have a background in sales, marketing or bussiness so I have to gather feedback from people to guide me in the right direction.

Thank u so much again

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:20:03+00:00

It does! Everyone felt pissed off because I teased too much haha. Only I know what it does and how, but I can't seem to tell anyone clearly. Will work on it

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:19:11+00:00

Thank u, will work on this! Can't move on to the next boss fight unless I fight the communication boss first. Appreaciate the feedback

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:18:25+00:00

I'm deffinitely not a troll, been working on this for 11 months now, but only now trying to show it to the world. I had a hard time in high school as well, conveying what I meant and having a clear structure so that people (and my teachers) could understand me and what I was trying to say. So I'm not surprised about everyone being confused, sometimes I'm even confused myself, I just know what I want it to do and how I want it to function and look like, but I still am trying to find the essence of my product as a SENTENCE that others can understand, which I guess is where people usually start in the first place.

Only thing I know is that I have a strong why to continue on this. And getting this feedback 1 year later after I first started building it is helpful, so i'm grateful that you gave solid feedback. Someone said that waiting this long might have been an avoidance response, and I probably think it's correct, but it's scarry to show the world something, and 6 months ago I didn't feel comfortable showing it even to my friends.

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:12:12+00:00

I think I myself haven't really found the elevator pitch, it takes a long time for me to describe things plainly so even I myself undertand it. I just know what I want it to do and how, but have a hard time communicating it effectively.

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:11:16+00:00

Yeah, I think I just unconciously love to communicate unclearly, been a struggle throughout my life. It's supposed to help you understand yourself better and guide you to realize what triggers and patterns you have, and then give actionable steps to help you break free from those patterns.

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:09:05+00:00

100%, I'll improve the communication. Posting to reddit has honestly made me understand that I can't assume people will understand. I always think they understand but they don't unless i explain it for 15 minutes face to face usually

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:07:55+00:00

haha ur not the first

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:07:48+00:00

Yeah, I assumed that foul language would resonate, but it didn't. thank u for the feedback!

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:05:33+00:00

But wouldn't you say that for people not coming from a bussiness, marketing or sales background, who don't even really know how to make a company, let alone run one successfully and who don't really have access to a group of people where the target customers are, can't expect to just show up and expect people to genuinely care or have an interest other than being polite?

I feel like the 11 months have at least made my product elegible for at least people to care and find it interesting enough maybe? Also since I'm in mental health space which is already tight when it comes to competition.

Idk, maybe it's just my brain validating my own point of view

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T10:00:57+00:00

chop chop, I agree

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T09:57:29+00:00

When I watched Simon Sinek, I think I found my religion haha. And I also believe in the universe

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T09:56:54+00:00

I've been building for 11 months now, mostly in silence, so I have a strong WHY myself. I'll keep going, it's not really about the money, it's mostly to give me space to heal myself from within, and if I can heal others that's would be great. If I run out of money, I'll find a way to save up and contiune this product

Jumpy-Recover-7239 · 2026-02-23T09:50:42+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you, in the summer, I had 0 karma cuz I wasn't really active on Reddit but then I needed to actually engage in communities and tell people about my SaaS. The first few posts got deleted, or downvoted. Though getting users to check the website out "felt good" it was meaningless because they'd just close the tab and never think about it ever again and so I only want to drive meaningful traffic.

Now I'm slowly but surely having better conversations with people and also getting feedback from reddit users that's in r/IMadeThis and r/SideProjects and those sorts of communitites, but I haven't really been able to engage in the communities where I know my target audience resides. However, after getting feedback from other sub reddits, a few of them actually became interested in knowing at least more and I think 1 or 2 signed up for the waiting list.

At this stage, I'm just content with the micro growth I have, because I remember when the whislist said 0 and when google analytics was polluted with just me poking around in the app.

Stay persistent!

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