May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and dating app Bumble is kicking off a new set of badges and attention prompts about self-care and mental well-being.
Interest badges on Bumble let you indicate to other users what you’re interested in, while prompts let you show a little personality and can be a good conversation starter. Six new badges to choose from are Therapy, Mindfulness, Deep Chat, Nutrition, Sleep Well, and Time Offline. New prompts include, “The mental health game has changed…” and “I am prioritizing my mental health through…”
Mental health is important to Millennials and Generation Z Daters, especially since the pandemic. Since 2021, dating experts have said that self-care, mental health care, and mindfulness are more important to individuals than ever. A Bumble survey conducted between October and November 2022 of 14,300 users globally came to the same conclusion: Millennials and Gen Z are more likely to go on a second date with someone who mentions therapy or their mental health journey on the first. date.
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Overall, 55 percent of respondents said it is important to be open about mental health when communicating with others. The majority, 60 percent, are comfortable talking about mental health on a first date, while 53 percent are comfortable talking about therapy. Having these conversations is one of the most important factors to consider when looking for a romantic partner, according to respondents.
If “Time offline” is your attention badge of choice, you can pause Bumble activity without missing any connections or chat with snooze mode(Opens in a new tab); You can choose to hide your profile from potential matches for 24 hours, 72 hours, a week, or indefinitely. Bumble also has an incognito mode(Opens in a new tab) It allows you to only appear to the people you want to match with.
“Over the past few years, people have prioritized their mental health and their personal journey of self-care more than ever, and now we’re prioritizing it in our relationships,” Bumblebee sex and relationship expert Shan Budram said in a press release. “Putting our mental health first will only make us better partners and ultimately have a stronger, healthier relationship in the long run.”