Found out my habit tracker was actually making me anxious

I read a study that said tracking daily habits can increase stress by 30% if you aren't flexible with it. Saw it in a psychology blog last week, has anyone else felt worse after starting a full tracker spread?

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victorb1714d ago

Wait what? A 30% increase in stress? That's crazy but honestly not that surprising when I think about it. I had a similar thing happen with my habit tracker last year. I was using this app that had all these fancy charts and streaks and it started making me feel bad every time I missed a day. Like I'd forget to floss one night and suddenly the whole streak was broken and I'd just be staring at my phone feeling guilty. The thing is I was trying to be healthy but the tracker was making me obsess over the numbers instead of actually doing the habits. So yeah I totally get what that study is saying because it happened to me too.

iris57414d ago

Wait, you mean tracking stuff can actually backfire like that? I never thought of it that way before.