Your brain is constantly processing thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Understanding how your brain works can help you manage stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges.

Key Brain Areas:

• Amygdala: Processes emotions, especially fear and anxiety
• Prefrontal Cortex: Helps with decision-making and emotional regulation
• Hippocampus: Involved in memory formation

When you're stressed or anxious, your amygdala can become overactive. The techniques in this app help calm your nervous system and strengthen your prefrontal cortex's ability to regulate emotions.

Ripple – Your calm in motion

Ripple is a mental health support app designed to provide calm, clarity, and practical support. It is primarily aimed at young people transitioning from CAMHS to AMHS, but can be used by anyone who needs grounding tools, trusted information, or support in difficult moments.

The app brings together crisis support, mental health resources, calming interactive spaces, music, and light distraction tools to help regulate emotions and reduce overwhelm.

Who created Ripple

Ripple has been created by Wavemaker, in partnership with NHS Combined Healthcare and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT).

This project has been funded by the Community Foundation.

Learn more about Wavemaker at: www.wavemaker.org.uk

Version

Version 2.1

Important disclaimer

Ripple is not a clinical or diagnostic tool and does not replace professional medical or mental health care.

The content in this app is provided for information and self-support purposes only. While it has been developed in collaboration with NHS partners, it should not be used as a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a qualified healthcare professional.

If you are in crisis or feel that you may be at risk of harm, please use the crisis support options in the app or contact emergency services immediately.