Mendi 6 Months Later - An Honest Review from Normal People

We purchased the Mendi brain trainer 6 months ago
We invested in Mendi because of our love for improving cognition, focus, emotional control. As well as, Joshua experiencing symptoms of ADHD.
We used Mendi and now...
Here is our honest review of the Mendi 6 months later.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - 1:01 - Intro
1:01 - 2:19 - What inspired you to try the Mendi?
2:20 - 3:10 - What were you hoping to achieve with the Mendi?
3:10 - 6:39 - Do you believe Mendi was effective at improving brain function?
6:56 - 8:53 - What did you like about the Mendi?
8:53 - 11:04 - Do you think (Mendi) was worth the cost?
11:04 - 13:54 - What would you change (about Mendi)?
13:54 - 16:42 - What is your future use of Mendi?
16:42 - 17:20 - Outro
Thank you for watching :)
Here is the link to Mendi : www.mendi.io/pages/product
Here is a link to chat with us:

[@adamraizen7923]

Thanks a lot for your review. A neurofeedback researcher that I worked with a bit said that research shows that for many purposes neurofeedback actually works *best* when it is boring, because that trains the brain to get into a new state in everyday life, but if the neurofeedback itself is interesting (such as watching a video that you are interested in), then the brain change results from the interesting stimulus and not from the brain learning a new state. Especially for something like anxiety, and maybe less so for ADHD.

[@feelbetterliving]

very interesting, makes a lot of sense. They could put a disclaimer in for that, would help! Thanks for sharing

[@ericramcharan]

thanks for posting this! was considering the Mendi but couldn't find a longer-term non-affiliate review. great content

[@feelbetterliving]

Thanks for the comment Eric! 😄 We are glad you found our information helpful. What are your thoughts now in investing?

[@user-nj8il5lq4p]

Just saw a mendi ads on Instagram, got curious and ended up here. I like the way you arranged those questions and provided such an all-round view! Thanks!

[@feelbetterliving]

Lovely to hear! Glad we could be a beacon for you and provide the information you enjoyed learning about 😍 are you going to invest int the Mendi?

[@user-nj8il5lq4p]

@@feelbetterliving As an autistic (with difficulty focusing) all my life, I'm seriously considering getting one, but only when I have the money 😂would also see if this has any effect (good or bad) on depression and PTSD first

[@feelbetterliving]

@@user-nj8il5lq4p I hear you, thank you for sharing. Do you have someone to talk with what you are experiencing mentally?

[@MarkAlanEffinger]

Love it! Just started my Mendi-ish games, and absolutely digging it. Would love to have you on my podcast as well. You two are super.

[@feelbetterliving]

Sounds fun and thanks for the kind words. Email us [e-mail] and we can chat more about it :)

[@marmottedep]

i love your Video, The Review and the chillest dog and cat in the video i felt so good the energy you show is so peacefull, thank you

[@feelbetterliving]

they are good boys aren't they ! Much love thanks for watching and commenting

[@brodontdoit123]

Editing was on point too, liked the zoom in's def is engagin'

[@feelbetterliving]

Kate is wizard x

[@brodontdoit123]

Looking Great Fam!!! Miss you two

[@feelbetterliving]

Bro V! love you player x

[@Vizjinst8]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@feelbetterliving]

Thanks for watching!

[@snabela9732]

Great video honestly, thanks

[@feelbetterliving]

Honestly, love to hear it ❤️😊 thanks for sharing

[@summer5834]

Great video! Thanks 👍

[@feelbetterliving]

You're welcome Summer! Thanks for watching & providing feedback 😊 Glad it was useful, we're here to support your brain health!

[@MsJavaWolf]

Thank you for the review, it sounded very fair and balanced. I'm looking into buying a neurofeedback device and I'm undecided if it will be the Mendi. All those devices have their pros and cons. I've seen some that offer an API, so as a programmer I might be able to add some more games. It's definitely cool technology and it's exciting to learn more about it.

[@feelbetterliving]

It's definitely cool tech, what other devices are you looking at?

[@Jacob-5412]

Thanks for sharing guys, some great points - Mendi user myself and early days, hoping to see the benefits myself, the idea and product is fantastic and this tech is only going to get better and better very quickly I think, cheers! 👍

[@feelbetterliving]

Thank you too for sharing Jacob! Great to hear you're starting the brain training world 👍 What was your reaction when you first used it? We'd like to believe that the technology around it is going to going to evolve and improve too. We appreciate your optimism and would look forward to hearing how you get along with Mendi 😄

[@Jacob-5412]

​@@feelbetterliving My first reaction when using it was "this is pretty awesome" the idea of moving the ball with my brain and focused attention ( i.e. more blood flow to the PFC ) was very interesting to see it work, with enough practice overtime, it makes sense that by flexing this area of your brain ( like you would at the gym or when meditating ) you can learn to increase the blood flow naturally without needing the Mendi and get into better states of focus and reap similar benefits you would get from normal mindfulness meditation, again still early days to be honest, but I have seen my score improve overtime since I got the Mendi which indicates its showing some signs of improvement, this is the great thing about neurofeedback and seeing the scientific results in real time so you can visually see the improvements vs the good old meditation whereas its more of a feeling based improvement.

[@feelbetterliving]

@@Jacob-5412 Well explained Jacob, real value in those words for anyone interested in the Mendi so thank you for sharing. It sounds like it is helping you adjust and refine in a way to promote cognitive improvement, cheers! I hope we can stay connected on this journey :)

[@Jacob-5412]

@@feelbetterliving Yes for sure, best of luck with your journey as well :)

[@davehan241]

14:18 "omg are we recording?" 😳😌 HAHAHA thanks for adding that.

[@feelbetterliving]

ahah a good eye. Much love

[@AA-sg4mx]

Can you guys make another update video?

[@court1939]

I'd be curious to see you try theemdi while journaling but checking the app as you journaled. The game is supposed to supply the nfb, as in, you get a dopamine boost from seeing the stars and ball move up. I think the trick is to kind of feel excited about it. The dopamine hit will help train your brain. I order one recently. Hoping for some positive outcome. Great review.

[@feelbetterliving]

the trick to scoring well on the game you mean? Thanks for feedback

[@brodontdoit123]

You don't need mendi... MENDI NEEDS YOU!!! Great ep fam

[@feelbetterliving]

preach

[@radfaraf]

Y'all are awesome. I had asked about the review of it :). I bought one too for a very atypical reason which was I was harmed by professional neurofeedback making my condition worse and trying to fix it. Every personal neurofeedback/vagus nerve device I tried has backfired (causes very extreme increases in muscle tension and sympathetic reactions) since then including this and about to send it back. Nobody should be scared away from buying this because of my comment though because obviously not having a typical results something is really screwy with my nervous system causing all this to happen. I can confirm they do indeed honor their money back policy in allowing me to return it.

[@feelbetterliving]

Awh thank you! You're awesome for asking, watching, and sharing your story 😊 If you don't mind sharing, what is the condition you were seeking help with? It sounds like you've been through a journey, are you finding any relief elsewhere?

[@radfaraf]

@@feelbetterliving I tried professional neurofeedback for CPTSD, and it just messed up my nervous system. Thought it was worth a unlikely shot the Mendi and other gadgets might undo some of the harm, but nope thankfully I only bought devices with money back policies and they all honored them. The best I've been able to do is just take extremely good care of myself and my limitations and watch what things have negative and positive effects to my functioning and hope that will over time be a real life lived neurofeedback. I'm stuck in really bad muscle tension and activation patterns from the neurofeedback that made my previous issues look small in comparison.

[@feelbetterliving]

@@radfaraf Thank you explaining what you've been experiencing. It sounds you're on an intense journey of uncertainity and pain. I hope the solutions you've found continue to provide you with relief. For the problems with your nervous system due to these brain trainers - have you found anyone else whose had similar side effects?

[@davehan241]

@@radfaraf I just finished the audiobook for "The Body Keeps the Score" and it goes through many different treatments (clinical and "alternative"). The ones I can remember off the to of my head are: EMDR, hypnosis, acupuncture, working with animals, yoga, as well as neurofeedback. Maybe one of those other treatments will be more effective for you.

[@adamj2683]

Have you tried the Heartmath Inner Balance? This works amazingly for me and I quickly got results, learning to get into cardiac coherence, balance nervous system, feel calm, safe, at peace, joyful, functional.

[@hamidman6974]

Nice review. Agree with your points - as a noob developer, I can say that development of games based on mendi data input should be pretty easy and cheap so I don't understand why they do not do that. Even adding a simple math game in which you have to answer - and after 3 minutes tells you how was your "focus" timeline and how that compared to your game score - to then see how the data compare in the long time.

[@feelbetterliving]

I thought as much, it is weird how they still haven't updated the games. We've slowed usage again because we are bored with it

[@petekkrishnansan]

If you are getting bored sounds like you should use it more, the whole point is to take control of your focus.

[@hamidman6974]

@@petekkrishnansan it's a shit app and device, I wouldn't buy it. I had the othet big competitor one, forgot its name now, it was much better but so easy to break. Mendi instead is shit, I wouldn't buy it. Unfortunately I did and after using it a couple of weeks, I understood it doesn't really work. Meaning - the data it register, is not about you being focused or meditating, but other things. So people improve by learning to do what the app measures, which is not focus/presence/awareness/meditation.

[@hollyvogelbaum3499]

I have a Mendi, and really actually like using it. The simplicity is what attracts me to it. I disagree, that more games is better, for me it's stressful and unnecessary, I would like to make it as "boring" as possible as I find it shooting and easy to use. Not everyone is the same, maybe people on more autistic spectrum like ASP would disagree. But I see what you are saying

[@feelbetterliving]

Glad you're enjoying the simplicity! Glad the tool is working for you :)

[@Vegas_Gnostics]

I’ve been suggesting all the same things since it came out. At this point I think it is what it is. The company has never even given feedback to any suggestions as if they were even thinking about improving. I think this release is the last release of this device though I feel the company probably is coming out with a next gen device but we will see.

[@feelbetterliving]

Would be cool for this to be open sourced and we can all play around with it, bet theres loads of devs ready to rip it, would you be interested in a more fun version?

[@brodontdoit123]

Love the new set, it's a vibe

[@feelbetterliving]

It's gone now hehe

[@babybabybabybabyist]

I want to see a tear down video of the Mendi inside and out 😊

[@feelbetterliving]

Like break it apart and look at the wiring?

[@brodontdoit123]

Honest reviews only!!!

[@batista9322]

This popped up right before I was going to do my mendi session lol

[@feelbetterliving]

😂 lol there is no escaping it - train away! 😍

[@Lyayo21]

you both use one same device?

[@feelbetterliving]

Yes! We use one device on our seperate phones. There is also a guest option when using it. With the app, the device connects quickly to any phone. Does that answer your question?

[@Lyayo21]

@@feelbetterliving thanks for your reponse.

[@davehan241]

I'm thinking about 2 brains would look like during the arc of an argument.

[@feelbetterliving]

@@davehan241 That would be dope, might be hard to facilitate a real argument wearing this tho lol.

[@davehan241]

​@@feelbetterliving Knowing me, I'd probably try to use my Mendi score as another reason why I'm winning the argument. Pyrrhic Victory!

[@brodontdoit123]

Gracious dismount by doggo lol

[@RG-mt2yr]

Cute puppers

[@feelbetterliving]

The cutest ❤️ I'll let him know you said it 😉

[@alexander2212]

Completely biased review, no negatives whatsoever

[@feelbetterliving]

We did share what we would change and the downsides, check out this part 11:04 - 13:54

[@PrudentStudent666]

What is wrong with just sitting meditation? Why does one need to be hooked up with wireless straps wrapped around their head? It is expensive and like a cell phone these things fail sometimes. Did you get any butt calls? Did the ringer turn off? How is tech support? Can you talk to a live person when things don't work? Do you need a monthly subscription? Really, all of the things these devices advertise is available for free with seated meditation. Forget this stuff. We are all tied to our phones and are made dependent on them.

[@feelbetterliving]

We never said something was "wrong" with meditation. We agree with you, meditation, slowing down, spending time without your phone, all essential parts of the day. We don't once mention this device is the best thing ever and to rely on it. We appreciate your enthusiasm for change and spreading the message of less technology use. You have our support.

[@hamidman6974]

Well - neurofeedback. - this is used for training focus. Having a tool that gives you real time feedback of how you are doing is infinetely helpful. It's like having a coach telling you, this is correct, this is not correct - so you get real time feedback and correct and make faster progress. Progress here I mean is ability to focus and keep that focus strong for a long time. Well the idea is amazing - if Mendi actually does that perfectly or not - let's see. I just got mine 5 days ago and my results, at least on the app, are getting better and better.

[@perplexedpat]

As someone who has a complex ptsd diagnosis, sitting meditation can be extremely difficult. I’m researching based on what I read in “The Body Keeps the Score”. I’m hoping that a device like this that provides a visual could help focus, so that I can one day effectively sit and meditate.

[@feelbetterliving]

@@perplexedpat Hey Pat, we appreciate your comment and honesty about what you're experiencing. I (Kate Stanier) have read "The Body Keeps The Score" - incredible knowledge, changed my life. This book is what inspired me to look into Neurofeedback Therapy and the Mendi device. Have you researched if anyone offers a service near you for Neurofeedback Therapy or something similar?

[@perplexedpat]

@@feelbetterliving I have looked into it, and there are some providers nearby. I’m currently in trauma informed therapy, but it was hindered by a toxic relationship. I’d go there every week for the past 2 years triggered and couldn’t dive into EMDR. I filed divorce in February and I’m now able to start processing. I was able to find a muse on marketplace this week, so I tried that as well. I couldn’t score over a 50, but last night I microdosed psilocybin and got over 70🤷🏼‍♂️. I have seen a lot of improvement with microdosing and trauma informed therapy. I’m very hopeful about the EMDR. I will check into the clinical neuro feedback when I’ve exhausted the benefits of EMDR. Thanks for replying!❤️

[@brodontdoit123]

Be cool to play flappy bird with your brain, just sayin

[@Adam-fl9uc]

ok so I am able to get 15% average increase right now but it has nothing to do with the app itself. The most funny thing is that the biggest increases are EXACTLY when you get distracted which is like counter productive 🤣if you want to cheat try polar eye movements with eye catching distractions And most of all beware of youtube scammers that will do and say everything to get paid by one of the device producers.

[@feelbetterliving]

well we aren't being paid so our review is transparent. What are "Polar eye movements"? And by "15% average increase" - which data set are you talking about?