Mental Health for better Focus With Johnny Crowder

<p>In today’s show, we get to hear from the multifaceted Johnny Crowder. Johnny is a suicide/abuse survivor, a vocalist, mental health advocate, and the founder, CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based service to help users cope with their mental health patterns. Through his works, Johnny has managed to impact thousands of people around the world.</p> <p> </p> <p>In the episode, Johnny shares his personal story and coping up with mental issues. He talks about how we can readjust our thoughts and not let them define us and why he decided to help people cope with mental conditions.</p> <p> </p> Cope Notes Journey <p>Johnny says that Cope Notes was an idea that he has been trying for quite some time, but each version he tried to build couldn’t scale past a certain point. According to Johnny, the thing that drives Cope Notes is realizing the fact that he was unable to serve similar amounts of people in the last 10 years as he does today.</p> <p> </p> <p>Johnny opens up about how tough it was while starting, with challenges like so many errors and dealing with frustrated clients earlier.</p> <p> </p> <p>When Johnny connected with his CTO, Matt’s things began to run smoothly. They started by challenging their current way of scheduling messages, and today, they have a text library written by peers and approved by mental health professionals.</p> How does Cope Notes Work? <p>Johnny tells us that they have designed a multi-service that delivers a different text to a different person at a different time. The system ensures that no two people will receive a similar message at the same time.</p> <p> </p> <p>He further explains that they update the input daily; thus, the library changes based on the information they feed.</p> Personal Life: Speaking Up <p>Johnny opens up about his brain damage, a condition that was caused by a poor calculation of medication in his early twenties. He says that this was the hardest period of his life since it affected his communication. He had to relearn communicating just like a toddler.</