Is this a replacement for therapy?

No. SanityMode is a browser tool that reduces ambient stress from the web. For anxiety treatment, talk to a professional.

Will I miss important news?

You set the filters. Most users keep weather, local, and a couple of trusted sources fully visible, and mute the rest.

Does it slow my browser down?

No. Filtering runs locally on the page and adds a few milliseconds — usually less than the page's own ads.

News anxiety

Browse the news without the anxiety spike

SanityMode blurs shocking imagery and mutes fear-bait keywords so a quick check-in doesn't turn into an hour of dread, racing thoughts or that tight-chest feeling.

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The pattern

Opening Twitter or Google News makes your chest tighten before you've read a single word.
You feel guilty for looking away, and worse when you look.
You can't stop thinking about a headline you scrolled past three hours ago.

What SanityMode does

Imagery blurred

Distressing photos and thumbnails come up blurred. You can tap to reveal, but nothing ambushes you on the way to your inbox.

Fear-bait words muted

Headlines engineered to spike cortisol ('terrifying', 'horrifying', 'nightmare') get softened to neutral language or hidden entirely.

Calm new tab

Every new tab asks one quiet question — 'what's today actually for?' — instead of dumping you into a feed.

FAQ

Is this a replacement for therapy?: No. SanityMode is a browser tool that reduces ambient stress from the web. For anxiety treatment, talk to a professional.
Will I miss important news?: You set the filters. Most users keep weather, local, and a couple of trusted sources fully visible, and mute the rest.
Does it slow my browser down?: No. Filtering runs locally on the page and adds a few milliseconds — usually less than the page's own ads.

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Doomscrolling

SanityMode quietly removes the doom headlines, infinite feeds and refresh-bait UI that pull you into hour-long scroll spirals — on the sites you already use.

Depression

When you're already low, the feed isn't neutral. SanityMode hides the patterns that consistently make low days lower — comparison, outrage, doom — without pretending the world is fine.

Health scares

SanityMode mutes 'this common food might kill you' style health headlines and softens medical scare coverage — so a quick scroll doesn't end with you Googling symptoms at 1am.

Breathing breaks

Once an hour, SanityMode gently asks you to come up for air with a 20-second box breath. No timer to start. No streak to maintain. Just one calm moment.

Outrage

Outrage-engineered posts get quietly hidden on X, Reddit, Threads and Facebook. You can still scroll your timeline — the fights just stop being the main thing.

Crime stories

SanityMode hides crime stories, court live-blogs and missing-persons coverage by default — so you can read the news without spending the afternoon imagining the worst.