About Unspiral
The problem
You're high-functioning. Self-aware. You've probably read the books. But when anxiety hits, when you catch yourself scrolling instead of working, when you can't tell if your gut feeling is intuition or fear -- knowing the theory doesn't help. You need someone to help you decode what's happening right now, in this moment.
Therapy is for healing root causes over time. But what about the moments between sessions? What about the 11 PM spiral, the Sunday evening dread, the creative block that feels like a personal failing? Those moments don't need a diagnosis. They need decoding.
What Unspiral does
Unspiral is an AI-powered emotional coaching app that helps you understand what's actually driving your anxiety, overwhelm, and avoidance. Through warm, structured conversation, it helps you:
- Name what you're feeling with specificity
- Identify the trigger underneath
- Classify the signal -- is it intuition or anxiety? An intrusive thought or a legitimate emotion? Avoidance or emotional processing?
- Get one concrete thing to do next
Every conversation becomes a structured journal entry. Over time, you build a map of your emotional patterns -- what triggers you, what you tend to avoid, and how your inner world actually works.
The psychology
Unspiral's signal classification framework is grounded in concepts from The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest (2020), combined with research on affect labeling (Lieberman et al., 2007) and emotional granularity (Barrett, 2017). The core insight: not every uncomfortable feeling means the same thing, and each type requires a fundamentally different response.
The five signal types -- intuition, anxiety response, intrusive thought, avoidance, and emotional processing -- are not diagnoses. They are lenses for self-reflection, designed to help you respond to what you're experiencing with precision rather than generic coping strategies.
Who built this
Unspiral is built by Ana Neto, a software engineer based in Portugal. It is developed and operated by Leaplane, Lda.
The app uses Anthropic's Claude AI for conversations. Your data is encrypted, never sold, and never used to train AI models. You can delete everything at any time.
What Unspiral is not
Unspiral is not therapy, not a crisis service, and not a substitute for professional mental health care. It is a self-awareness tool for people who are generally okay but want to understand themselves better in specific moments of overwhelm, anxiety, or avoidance.
If you are in crisis, please reach out to findahelpline.com or your local emergency services.
Contact: support@unspiral.co
Last updated: March 2026