10 projects working at the intersection of web3 and mental health
Let’s face it, web3 can be overwhelming. It’s the space where 1 month feels like 1 year, where each day you come across an infinite number of exciting new projects, where the markets never close. All this can make it difficult to keep up and find the time to care for yourself. The result can be stress and anxiety, which, if left unmanaged, can lead to burnout, depression, and mental health crises.
As we are building web3 into something truly incredible, it’s important that we keep this in mind, and that we find ways to layer in resources and supports for those on this exciting journey. Thankfully, there are many projects working at the intersection of web3 and mental health who are hoping to build a web3 that celebrates mental health and wellbeing, and that is supportive of all of its members.
In this blog post, we highlight ten of these projects.
1. The Clinic – The Clinic is a 10k NFT collection with a mental health and wellness component. NFT holders have access to a variety of supports including a mental wellness hub with over 100 Discord channels on topics including anxiety, depression, and fertility, guided meditation sessions, peer-to-peer therapy groups, and more.
2. Mental Health Collective – The Mental Health Collective aims to be the first web3 mental health non-profit that creates a “home for mental health professionals, advocates, project founders, artists, and degens”. They offer daily peer-to-peer mental health support spaces, a publication covering mental health in web3, and a podcast focused on web3 and mental health.
3. Cool Cookies NFT – Cool Cookies is a collection of 8,888 randomly generated NFTs with a goal of raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention, and to help raise funds for mental health causes. This included a recent donation of $10,000 to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
4. Monsterz DAO – Monsterz DAO is a web3 community committed to raising awareness about mental illness and raising funds for charities working in the mental health field. To date, this has included 1/1 NFT auctions in support of To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) and Mental Health America. They also aim to create a safe space for holders to openly discuss mental health and to share their stories.
5. LogOut Centre for Digital Wellbeing – LogOut is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping create balance and wellness in digital spaces, and to support those with digital addictions. This includes working to create mental health friendly web3 community spaces, by offering resources on responsible cryptocurrency trading, programming for digital addictions and detox, and more.
6. Loner Girl NFT – Loner Girl NFT is a women-led project consisting of 10,000 NFTs supporting mental health, Autism, and the arts. 20% of mint profits were donated to Easterseals Hawaii, and 10% of royalty earnings will be donated to charitable causes on a quarterly basis. With a mint price of 0.001 ETH, Loner Girl was an accessible entry point to the world of web3 for many.
7. PsyDAO – PsyDAO is forming a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) focused on funding research into psychedelics and mental health. According to their Manifesto, “PsyDAO will revolutionize R&D and ownership of psychedelics IP using the permissionless, trustless, decentralized, and censorship-resistant web, web3”. PsyDAO is exploring novel ideas for IP ownership including IP tokenization, and IPNFTs.
8. TheraPets – TheraPets is an NFT brand “created by an aligned team who are passionate about bringing mental health awareness and support into the NFT community and beyond.” They aim to build a community of holders committed to mental health and wellbeing by offering various perks including mental health spaces, IRL community events, and by donating a portion of proceeds to mental health causes.
9. LostBoy NFT – LostBoy NFT is a musical NFT collection that looks to “normalize our mental health struggles through helping those that are unable to help themselves”. They offer a community of support to holders including regular uplifting messages, and are looking to build augmented reality partnerships to help community members reconnect with the physical world.
10. Magic Mind NFT – Magic Mind is a collection of 10,000 NFTs celebrating mental health and self care. 15% of all Magic Mind sales go into a Mental Health Fund which will be donated to charities and used to fund mental health resources and supports for holders.
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