For the moments
you can't start.
Thawnest is a rescue button for ADHD task paralysis and rejection-sensitive dysphoria. Press it when you're frozen. We'll take 90 seconds to get you moving.
"I know what needs to be done. I want to do it. But somehow I still cannot start."— the phrase we've heard from nearly every beta user, almost verbatim
You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're experiencing something researchers call task paralysis — the executive-function freeze that sits between intention and action — or rejection-sensitive dysphoria, the 2-to-72-hour flood of shame or rage after a perceived slight.
of adults with ADHD experience rejection-sensitive dysphoria — the RSD spike that a weekly therapy appointment can't reach in time.
adults live with ADHD symptoms globally. Adult-onset diagnosis in women is up 344% in the last decade alone.
That's the thing that isn't working.
90 seconds from frozen to first move.
The rescue flow is built for the crisis moment — not the weekly review. It works offline, on your home screen, with biometric unlock so you never have to type a password at 2 a.m.
Press the button.
One tap from your home screen. No sign-in mid-crisis — biometric unlock takes you straight to the flow.
< 1 secondAnswer three questions.
Cognitive freeze, decision freeze, or sensory overload — we route you to the protocol your brain needs right now.
20 secondsGet the smallest first step.
Not "clean your kitchen." Something like: stand up, walk to the sink, turn on the tap. The step is tiny on purpose.
90 secondsSlide into a body-double room.
Optional. 25 silent minutes of co-working with another Thawnest member. No talking, no pressure. Just presence.
25 minutesFor the 2 a.m. spiral, not the weekly appointment.
Because the post-Slack-message rumination is a different problem. Because by the time your therapist has time, the wave is over and the damage is done.
The 60-minute urge-surfing timer
A full-screen timer holds the space between you and the reactive message. By the time it ends, the urge has almost always passed.
The three-R protocol
Reassure, reframe, reality-check — adapted from Dodson's clinical framework, delivered as a conversation, not a worksheet.
The Drafts Vault
Write the reactive email. Save it. Thawnest holds it for 24 hours before you can review and send. 60% of users don't send it.
Personalized insights, not generic advice.
Every rescue is a data point. Over time, Thawnest learns when your freezes happen, what triggers them, what breaks them — and surfaces correlations you'd never catch alone.
Your data never leaves your account. We don't train models on it. One tap to export. One tap to delete everything, forever.
Built for the crisis moment.
Thawnest doesn't compete with your therapist, your medication, or your to-do list. It fills the gap they can't — the minute-to-minute, not the week-to-week.
Honest pricing. Cancel anytime.
No dark patterns. No 7-day trial that auto-charges. No "free" tier that's actually useless.
- 3 rescues per week
- Basic journal
- Crisis-line quick-dial
- Unlimited rescues
- Body-double rooms
- Pattern dashboard + weekly insights
- Drafts Vault
- RSD First-Aid protocols
- Full offline mode
Everything you might want to ask.
No — and we say this clearly on purpose. Thawnest is built to work between appointments and alongside the medication your prescriber has put you on. It fills the minute-to-minute gap that weekly therapy and pharmacological care can't reach. If you're not in treatment yet, Thawnest can help you cope while you find a provider, but it's not a substitute for one.
Encrypted at rest and in transit. Yours only. One tap to export everything as JSON or CSV. One tap to delete everything, permanently, with no "we'll keep it for 30 days just in case" fine print. We do not sell data. We do not share with advertisers. We do not train models on your content. Ever.
You can try Thawnest Core free for 7 days — no credit card required. Create a free account and tap "Try it free for 7 days, no card" from the paywall to unlock everything in Core for a week so you can decide if it fits before you ever hand over payment details. After the trial, the free tier (3 rescues per week, Basic journal, Crisis quick-dial) keeps working forever.
Yes. The rescue flow works offline after first load. There's no social feed, no streak that breaks, no notifications unless you enable them. If the flow detects language suggesting acute crisis, it surfaces crisis-line numbers immediately — 988 in the US, Samaritans in the UK, and regionalized options worldwide.
No. Thawnest is for adults 18 and over. The research, protocols, and community are all adult-calibrated. For younger people with ADHD, the Child Mind Institute has excellent resources, and a clinician should be involved.
A small team of people who live with ADHD and RSD, built in collaboration with 150+ beta users. We're not a VC-funded burn-rate company — we're building slowly and charging fairly so we don't need to.
Next time your brain freezes,
press the button.
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