Current statistics say that over 44 million Americans deal with some sort of mental illness. Anxiety, which spans over a number of disorders, runs rampant. On college campuses, 61% of students report anxiety (Source).

Keep Breathing is just the start in the fight to banish anxiety's intrusive thoughts. Built with Android Studio, this app leads users through guided breathing designed to help calm those having a panic attack. Once each cycle of breathing finishes, users have the option to either begin another cycle of guided breathing or call the National Alliance on Mental Health Hotline.

In the future, we hope to add features such as an animated guide for breathing and randomly generated validation statements for the user.

Our current iteration is as follows:

Submitted to Codestellation at Brandeis University on November 11, 2018.