To mark the month of Mental Health Awareness, women-first dating app Bumble has introduced a suite of self-care badges and profile prompts. This is being done, in an attempt to let Bumble users highlight how they prioritise mental health and practice self-care on their dating profiles. According to the dating app’s new research data, over half or 52 per cent of single Indians would encourage someone they are dating to be open about their mental health.
Bumble has introduced six new self-care-focused lifestyle badges including, "Therapy," "Mindfulness," "Deep chat," "Nutrition," "Sleeping well," and "Time offline." The platform is also giving the option to choose new prompts including, "My mental health game changer was..." and "I'm prioritising my mental health by..."
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, young adults from metros, small cities and towns began relying on dating sites like Tinder and Bumble to find companionship and love as internet usage boomed.
Importance of mental health
The dating app's recent study also highlights how Indians find it important to date someone who understands their mental health journey, especially post the coronavirus pandemic. The study also revealed that more than three quarters or 77 per cent of single Indians find people who go to therapy and are open to discussing and exploring therapy attractive or appealing.
For example, if "Time offline" is somebody's Interest Badge of choice, they can pause their Bumble activity without losing any connections or chat with Snooze Mode. They can also opt for hiding their profile from potential matches for 24 hours, 72 hours, a week, or indefinitely.
To recall, earlier, in 2022, the women-first dating site said that more women (57 per cent) than men (51 per cent) surveyed by it claimed they will encourage their partner to be open about their mental health.