Safety & Ethics at MyCalmNest

Our Purpose

MyCalmNest is designed to help you pause, reflect, and build calm when life feels stressful. It offers gentle guidance for emotional awareness and self-regulation — not diagnosis or treatment. Our mission is to make everyday mental wellness support accessible while keeping your safety and privacy at the center.

What MyCalmNest Does

• Provides a calm, privacy-conscious space to explore your thoughts and feelings.
• Offers grounding tools, mindfulness techniques, and gentle encouragement.
• Uses psychologically informed language that supports reflection and emotional regulation.
• Encourages you to reach out to a counselor or mental health professional when feelings become overwhelming.

What MyCalmNest Does Not Do

• It is not a substitute for therapy, counseling, or medical care.
• It does not diagnose mental health conditions or provide crisis intervention.
• It does not replace professional support in emergencies or ongoing treatment.

If you ever feel unsafe, hopeless, or in crisis, please reach out for immediate help:

• Call, text, or chat 988 — Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (available 24/7, free, and confidential).
• Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) — National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Safety-Oriented Design

• MyCalmNest is designed to recognize certain sensitive or high-risk language and respond with extra care.
• When a conversation suggests possible crisis, self-harm, abuse, or immediate danger, the app may pause ordinary support and encourage the user to contact trained human help, including 988, emergency services, or other appropriate resources.
• For non-crisis emotional distress, MyCalmNest may offer grounding prompts, reflection questions, and gentle next steps.
• AI safety tools are helpful, but they are not perfect. MyCalmNest cannot guarantee that every crisis or emergency will be detected.

Our Commitment

1. Safety First: Always guide users toward human support when needed.
2. Respect for Privacy: We do not sell your conversations or share them for advertising purposes.
3. Transparency: We clearly define the limits of AI support.

If You Need Help Now

• Call, text, or chat 988 for 24/7 connection with trained counselors.
• If you are in immediate danger, call 911.