Good Blocks
Higher self-esteem, better body image and lower social anxiety was found to be associated with the following benefits:
- Better mood
- Reduced stress
- Being more active
- Being more social
- Feeling better about yourself
- Coping better with stressful situations
Large parts of our 'self-talk' can be negative and therefore can affect our self-esteem in daily life. By training ourselves to identify positive as well as negative thoughts, hence accept or reject them, we can improve the way we deal with situations as well as give ourselves a powerful tool in understanding the way we think and act. Good Blocks offers the experience of a new and unexplored breed of games: Psychological Training Games (PTG).
For optimal use use Good Blocks between psychological therapy sessions with your psychologist. PLAYING GOOD BLOCKS DOES NOT REPLACE PROFESSIONAL HELP.
BENEFITSGood Blocks is based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the psychological therapy with the strongest research support. Good Blocks allows you to change negative thinking styles almost without noticing. You learn to automatically detect, identify and react to your thoughts in a way that enhances mood and general functioning over time. It can help you change the way you think about yourself and the way you perceive the world.
Research links high self-esteem with many benefits. High self-esteem has been associated with psychological health and happiness, feeling good about oneself, more effective coping with challenges and negative feedback, and feeling valued and respected by other. Most people with high self-esteem appear to lead happy and productive lives. Conversely, substantial evidence shows a link between low self-esteem and depression, shyness, loneliness, and alienation
SCIENCE OF GOOD BLOCKS Good Blocks is a scientifically-designed self-esteem enhancing game developed by Gur Ilany and an Associate Professor Guy Doron. Prof. Doron is a top psychologist with more than 45 peer reviewed publications. Prof. Doron works at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya and is the Director of the Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Research Unit (ROCD-RU; http://rocd.net).
Category : Medical
Reviews (23)
Great App to shift your thoughts to positive thinking. A good challenge as you get to higher levels👍
Wont open just crashes every time i try to open it
Game won't open. Crashes immediately.
I love this app, have felt much better after a week of using this + some CBT skills. Only criticism is that sometimes individual blocks seem to lag or move slowly, the game stutters a little, and at level 16+ new blocks spawn so quickly it's impossible to separate them. None of that has really stopped it from helping me get better though.
I wanted to edit my review after playing the game for a few more days. I love the unlockable emojis, the overall presentation, the two extra modes when you unlock the full game, the bonus games. I dislike level 13 as I find it unbeatable. The visual design could better match the quality (quality game, less polished visuals) definitely worth the cost of unlocking the full game. Try this developer's other games too, some are even better. 3rd edit: Level 13 was unbeatable for me on a phone with a small screen. I just bought a phone with a 5 inch screen and inadvertently I now regularly make it to level 16 and even 17.
I've unfortunately had to bring my 5 star rating down to a 3 star as I've noticed glitches in the graphics and I am unable to restore my purchases. If you could fix these things it'd be right back up to a solid 5, no question!
I really liked this app until--after I bought the paid version--all the text disappeared from the "blocks and I found out there's no tech support for this game. It's no longer playable and the gur@ email address from their website just bounced back.
I think they have some of the statements backwards. "I am aggressive" should be a positive instead of a negative, and "I am unassuming" should be a negative instead of a positive. ALSO, since I am reading negative statements I'm afraid I'm taking them in even though I'm 'throwing them away'. Just writing down affirmations would probably be more helpful.
My therapist suggested I use this app. As a beginner, I find it hard to accept some of the positive statements. I really like the changes in this update. It looks and feels more pleasant to play.
No text appears on blocks after I payed for the full app.... Not so good blocks
Great supplement to my CBT! A worthwhile investment :)
Effective for anxiety & depression.
Mhm. I use this app as often as I remember to. It is a good one. Sometimes when flicking away the negative thoughts, I think about their positive equivalent to smooth out the harsh thought even more. Sometimes I say the blocks outloud to myself like affirmations, so that even when I don't flick it satisfyingly enough I can still reap some benefit from playing. It's great, helpful, simple.
I bought this game as I heard so many positive reviews about it, but unfortunately I'm very disappointed with it. The way some of the statements are written makes it unclear what it's trying to say, let alone being able to tell if it is supposed to be positive or negative. I would like to ask for a refund. I'm not happy with this game.
It's a good little game but the controls can be a bit sticky, might be my hardware but it's frustrating. Bit samey after a while.
Only been using this 3 days and am starting to distinguish between helpful and unhelpful thoughts that aren't true about me
Really enjoyable game that helps to remind you of the great person that you are. I love it!
I love the idea of the app, but every time I start it the app makes noise until I can quickly turn it off.
Great App! Use it and you will think more positively!
You should try it. I looooove it
I had really bad anxiety. This app helped shift my headspace around to positive thinking and build up my confidence to solve the problems in life. I did it every day for 5 minutes or whenever i felt tense. I started exercising regularly. Quit my horribly stressful job. One year on I'm super relaxed and happy again
Waste of time
It's really great app to change your mood and develop positive thoughts. But after using for 2 months i could only unlock "pink moon" by using 3 hearts (for several number of times) that I have collected. This looks like a bug but this is a great disappointment.