Two years ago I was half-dead. Today I shipped a mental health app used by hundreds of people.

I never planned to become a founder. A year ago, I couldn't have imagined this.
I'm a Ukrainian combat veteran, disabled of war. My blood pressure was 280/200. I had multiple strokes. I knew what it meant to live every day as if it were your last.
After being discharged, I tried to get help. I traveled to Latvia. To Finland. I tried everything. And everywhere I went, I found the same thing: the system has no answer for soldiers with psychological trauma. Nowhere. Not in Ukraine, not in Europe, not in Canada.
So I helped myself.
I learned about metacognition — the ability to observe your own thoughts, analyze them, and consciously redirect them. I understood the science of psychosomatics: how chronic stress destroys the immune system, raises blood pressure, creates inflammation. How the body keeps the score of everything the mind refuses to process.
I came to Canada through CUAET. I work factory shifts in St. Thomas, Ontario. I had no coding experience. I taught myself to code and built Mental Detox — an AI-powered emotional journaling app based on CBT, DBT, ACT and mindfulness. Seven languages. iOS, Android and web.
The AI analyzes your entries, identifies emotional patterns, and applies evidence-based techniques in real time — not as a replacement for therapy, but as a daily tool for those who never had access to any.
Two years ago I was barely alive. Today, hundreds of people use what I built — and it's helping them.
I expect the whole world will eventually use this. And I will keep improving it as I learn more.
That's what we do. We're Ukrainian.
👉 https://mental-detox.app

Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦