SHIPPED 2026
Wall Of Thoughts
Wall of Thoughts is a web page designed to allow users who want to express their struggles without any pressure and connect with those who can relate. A single page for putting down a worry. Write one note, watch it fold and pin itself to a shared wall, and see that other people are carrying similar things. It provides a closer experience tto a therapist's waiting room than a bright wellness app.
Context
June 2026
Role
Solo build
Contribution
Design Engineer
Skills
Visual Design
Front-End (JS)
AI
Typography
PROBLEM
How do you get someone to name a feeling they're avoiding without putting any pressure?
Most people won't download a mental-health app, but they'll write one anonymous note. So I designed an interface for the possible first step: expressing a single thought.
Notice
A private prompt helps users pause and recognise what they are carrying.
Express
Thoughts can be written without needing to perform, explain, or have the perfect words.
Connect
When someone is ready, the experience encourages the next meaningful connection to support.
RESEARCH
What led to Wall of Thoughts
Most people won't download a mental-health app, because they are ashamed of the reaction and the judgements they may potentially face. But they'll write one anonymous note.
01 Being seen is the risk
"I'd never post something like that with my name on it. Even on a Instagram, people screenshot."
→ Anonymous Boston University Student
02 Seen Alone in the struggles
"The worst part isn't the thing itself, it's thinking you're the only one who feels like that."
→ Senior · peer counseling volunteer
03 Not being Understood
"Even if I talk to a specialist or a therapist, I feel like no one understands me"
→ Anonymous Boston University student
SOLUTION
Create a friendly web page that is therapeutic..
The landing sets the tone: quiet and hand-drawn, closer to a therapist's waiting room than a bright wellness app.
EXPERIENCE
Create a friendly web page that is therapeutic..
01
Get it out
Write what you are carrying. No account, no email, no name — the page opens straight to a single prompt.
02
Share and reconcile
Your note pins to a wall of other people's. Read what they left, reply with support, and see your own words in company.
03
Let it go
Come back to a note later to reflect on it, or release it from the wall for good. Nothing asks you to return.
CORE FLOWS
Reminder that your mental health matters
The landing sets the tone: quiet and hand-drawn, closer to a therapist's waiting room than a bright wellness app.
See the wall of sticky notes left by others
Every note left by someone else, pinned to a shared wall. You stay anonymous, but you're not alone.
Write your own note
Writing feels like paper: the note fills, folds, and pins itself to the wall. No submit button, no friction.
One prompt, one input: the smallest possible first step to putting a worry into words.
Respond and connect with others
Readers can reply with support, turning a private note into a quiet, human connection.
Use your voice to voice out your thoughts instead of typi g
Readers can reply with support, turning a private note into a quiet, human connection.
How I got from research to working prototype
I scoped it like a product, not a page: a PRD and a creation prompt came before a single line of code.
I prompted on my LLM with..
Build a single-page therapeutic web app called “Wall of Thoughts.” with this prompt document…
REFLECTION
What I learned
Social signals matter
We can't design just for the user, but also for those who will be around them and perceive them. How can we design a comfortable page where users can connect as a community
Taste
This project wasn't just about building a web app with AI. It was about developing the taste to make an interface feel genuinely human.
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