Does it interrupt my work?

No. The nudge is a small, non-modal card in the corner. Ignore it and it fades on its own.

Can I change the frequency?

Yes — every 30 minutes up to every 4 hours, or off entirely on specific sites.

Is the breathing pattern customizable?

Today: box breath (4-4-4-4) and long exhale (4-7-8). More patterns are on the roadmap.

Breathing breaks

Hourly breathing breaks, right in your browser

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.

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The pattern

You realise you've been holding your breath while scrolling.
You haven't stood up since the morning meeting.
Your shoulders are somewhere around your ears.

What SanityMode does

4-4-4-4 box breath

Four seconds in, four hold, four out, four hold. One cycle. 'Nice. Carry on.' That's the whole break.

One nudge per hour

A soft check-in appears once an hour, in the corner of your active tab. Dismiss it, do it, skip it — no streak math.

Wind-down mode after 9pm

In the evening, the break becomes a longer exhale and your feeds desaturate, so closing the laptop feels easier.

FAQ

Does it interrupt my work?: No. The nudge is a small, non-modal card in the corner. Ignore it and it fades on its own.
Can I change the frequency?: Yes — every 30 minutes up to every 4 hours, or off entirely on specific sites.
Is the breathing pattern customizable?: Today: box breath (4-4-4-4) and long exhale (4-7-8). More patterns are on the roadmap.

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Anxiety

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.

ADHD

Autoplay off. Motion reduced. Comments collapsed by default. SanityMode makes the web stop aggressively yelling for your attention every single time you blink — so you can actually finish the thing you opened the tab for.

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.